During the election campaign for a new Northern Ireland assembly, Sinn Féin has renewed its commitment to same-sex marriage. Promising to work to legislate for marriage equality, party members Gerry Kelly, Caral Ni Chuilin and Megan Fearon said there is a growing demand for a change in the law. Sinn Féin and other parties have previously tried to force through new laws to lift the ban on gay marriage in the Stormont assembly, but these moves have been blocked by opposition mainly from the Democratic Unionist Party. Ms Fearon, an assembly candidate for Newry and Armagh, said she has friends in Dundalk who can marry the person they love, but those who live just a few miles north of the Irish border cannot. She added: ‘So we are pledging to work actively for equality as we have always done. We want all parties who say they are progressive to state clearly what they will do for the LGBT community.’ In 2015 the assembly voted narrowly in favour of gay marriage equality, but the DUP vetoed any change in the law. Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where gay couples cannot get married legally.