Equality Minister for Ireland, Aodhán O’Ríordaín, appeared on the Saturday Night Show last night and was asked to remove a pin supporting a “Yes Vote” in the upcoming marriage referendum.
The minister, who was on the show to discuss the National Drugs Strategy, was asked to take off the pin by show host Brendan O’ Connor.
RTÉ presenter Scott De Buitléir recently quit his job at RTÉ because of the national broadcaster’s stance on the referendum and last night, he posted a video of the Saturday Night Show incident.
Amazingly done @AodhanORiordain – just shows how petrified RTÉ are of #MarRef!! pic.twitter.com/hd9qAUPtXf
— Scott De Buitléir (@scottdebuitleir) May 9, 2015
Aodhán himself also took to social media to discuss #PinGate, a hashtag he himself started, and needless to say, there has been a lot of reaction online.
#PinGate @YesEquality2015 pic.twitter.com/m9x57HzwAw
— Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (@AodhanORiordain) May 9, 2015
Anyone have a spare ‘yes’ pin? Gave mine away & need it for Marriage Equality rally with @lgbtNOISE in Merrion Sq at 2pm tomorrow. #MarRef — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (@AodhanORiordain) May 9, 2015
@AodhanORiordain @lgbtNOISE Shocked to see our Equality Minister being #censored on live TV #pingate #YesEquality http://t.co/3exrOA5GkC
— Renny Reynolds (@Chynaie69) May 10, 2015
Perhaps the #angelus should be suspended for period of #MarRef debate. For #balance #pingate
— Dearbhail McDonald (@DearbhailDibs) May 10, 2015
