Ireland would bee the 18th untry to allow gay marriage – and the first to do so after a natnal referendum
Contents:
- THE GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM IS A WATERSHED MOMENT IRISH HISTORY
- IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
THE GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM IS A WATERSHED MOMENT IRISH HISTORY
* irish gay referendum *
Denmark led the way on civil partnerships, troducg them for same-sex upl 1989, but gay marriage only beme legal there June the turn of this year Luxembourg beme the latt untry to legalise same-sex marriage.
Rearch by the Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (Ilga), published May 2014, found that more than 2.
7 billn people live untri where beg gay is a crime. It said beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr was illegal almost 80 untri, and at least five of the was punishable by ath. Homosexualy was only crimalised 1993; the Civil Partnership Act passed 2010.
IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
Wh support and facts short supply, the no mpaign is g another powerful referendum mpaign weapon: bishop of Elph, Kev Doran, said recently that gay people n get married, jt to people of the oppose sex. “They [homosexuals] will still ntract ncers earlier life, ” the leaflet read.