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Lucinda Creighton: Government in a quandary as vote on gender could hand it a bloody nose
There were plans to put the referendum before the people but there’s a realisation now among ministers that the issues are potentially far more contentious than they bargained for
The government has, apparently, begun to waver in its determination to put a referendum before the people to enshrine gender in the constitution and to remove references to the role of women in the home. The referendum has been mooted by many in government over several years, as ministers have enjoyed projecting their commitment to gender equality by railing against a constitutional provision which is certainly old-fashioned, but in practice has no bearing on the ...