Irish Actor Pens Open Letter Pledging His Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland

Irish actor Colin Farrell has written a powerful open letter, urging the people of Ireland to support gay marriage rights. In the letter, which appears in today's Sunday World, Colin opens up how about his brother Eamon had to travel to Canada so he could marry his partner Steven. "They (Steven and Eamon) had to travel a little farther down the aisle to make their vows, though, to Canada, where their marriage was celebrated. "That’s why this is personal to me. The fact that my brother had to leave Ireland to have his dream of being married become real is insane. INSANE". The actor revealed how his brother Eamon had to go to Canada to marry his partner Steven Colin also talks about how his brother has always been proud of who he is: "proud and defiant and, of course, provocative. "Even when others were casting him out with fists and ridicule and the laughter of pure loathsome derision, he maintained an integrity and dignity that flew in the face of the cruelty that befell him". Calling on everyone to vote yes to gay marriage in 2015, the Intermission star says that this will "right the scales of justice". The 38-year-old stresses how voting in this referendum allows the Irish nation the opportunity to "make history" and as Colin points out this is not just personal history but "familial, social, communal, and global" history.