All 73 MPs who jt voted agast legalisg gay marriage Northern Ireland - Mirror Onle

Contents:

• UNNISTS FEAT NORTHERN IRISH GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• IRELAND ON URSE TO BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• ALL 73 MPS WHO JT VOTED AGAST LEGALISG GAY MARRIAGE NORTHERN IRELAND
• IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM
• NORTHERN IRELAND UNR PRSURE AFTER IRISH GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM W
• NORTHERN IRELAND MLAS VOTE 'Y' FOR GAY MARRIAGE - BUT MOTN IS TORPEDOED BY DUP VETO
• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• NORTHERN IRELAND KEEPS WATCHFUL EYE ON GAY MARRIAGE VOTE ACROSS THE BORR
• GAY MARRIAGE NOW HAS OVERWHELMG SUPPORT NORTHERN IRELAND - POLL
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

UNNISTS FEAT NORTHERN IRISH GAY MARRIAGE BILL

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that still do not regnise same-sex marriage Democratic Unnists (DUP), the largt party the Stormont assembly, will e a parliamentary veto known as a “petn of ncern” to torpedo any vote favour of gay the plex l of power-sharg, unnist and natnalist parti n claim a bill or a piece of legislatn nnot pass through the volved assembly bee fails to mand cross-muny/Prottant-Catholic the four prev vot to attempt to brg gay marriage reform there have been narrow majori agast change.

IRELAND ON URSE TO BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

In April, the marg was only two vot agast gay then a number of unnists and assembly members om the cross-muny Alliance party, who abstaed prev vot, have dited they will vote favour of the pro-gay marriage motn troduced by Sn Fé and the Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP) later on if there is a narrow vote favour this time of same-sex marriage beg legalised, the DUP has dited will e the petn of ncern to sk the legislatn. The vot of the Democratic Unnist party and Ulster Unnist party the Stormont Assembly helped feat a Sn Fé motn backed by the SDLP, Alliance and the Green their feat of the proposed bill sets the scene for a legal challenge both the Brish and European urts agast the ntued ban on gay marriage part of the UK.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

Amnty Internatnal today repeated a warng first ma the Guardian last month that the prospect of a a gay uple takg a legal se to the European Court of Human Rights is now a distct Fé Assembly member for South Down Carna Ruane said: "Attus Ireland are changg bee people do not want to see people discrimated agast.

But the gay Christian lobby group Changg Attus Ireland nmned the unnist veto on marriage of Ireland mister Canon Charl Kenny, the secretary of Changg Attus Ireland, said: "The year is drawg nearer when the love and jtice exprsed the gospels will w out and sweep away the fah-based prejudice agast gay and lbian upl.

Gay rights mpaigners said the pro-same-sex marriage msage om Ireland would bolster their stggle for LGBT equaly across the talli suggtg massive majori for the pro-gay marriage si the ci of Dubl and Cork, the overall rult is all the more astonishg given that the Irish state only crimalised homosexualy 22 years ago.

ALL 73 MPS WHO JT VOTED AGAST LEGALISG GAY MARRIAGE NORTHERN IRELAND

The first official rults om the nstuenci of Waterford and Sligo North Lerim have returned a majory of 57% the first nfirmed rult was announced, the veteran Irish gay rights mpaigner David Norris arrived at Dubl Castle, where he was mobbed as a hero by a younger generatn of gay activists.

To cheers and applse om the crowd, and wh tears his ey, the amic turned polician – whose legal battle went all the way to the European urt of human rights and forced the Irish ernment to crimalise homosexualy 1993 – said the vote would spire others across the said earlier on Saturday that a y victory would be a wonrful rult.

Jt after the taoiseach’s remarks, emerged that out of almost three-quarters of the ballot box opened his own Mayo nstuency – an area of wtern Ireland normally regard as nservative and religly vout – there was a 55% vote favour of gay marriage., His bet and Fe Gael lleague Leo Vradkar, Ireland’s first openly gay mister, said: “We’re the first untry the world to enshre marriage equaly our nstutn and do so by popular mandate.

IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM

Dr Richard O’Leary, an Anglin member of Changg Attu Ireland, also appealed to the church’ hierarchi to support gay marriage Northern Ireland – the only part of the islands were same sex upl still nnot get married.

Ireland has voted by a huge majory to legalise same-sex marriage, beg the first untry the world to do so by popular vote a move hailed as a social revolutn and weled around the 62% of the Irish Republic’s electorate voted favour of gay marriage.

”Health mister Leo Varadkar, who this year me out as the untry’s first openly gay mister, said the mpaign had been “almost like a social revolutn” social transformatn of the untry was on display the grounds of Dubl Castle, former seat of Brish le Ireland and the se of the natnal unt for a referendum that was unthkable jt two s ago – was only 1993 that homosexualy was crimalised. The rabow lours of the ternatnal gay movement l up the 18th-century bbled urtyard amid glor sunshe on Saturday afternoon as up to 2, 000 gay activists celebrated a roundg Fe Gael-Labour aln had asked voters to amend their 78-year-old nstutn.

NORTHERN IRELAND UNR PRSURE AFTER IRISH GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM W

The overall turnout of 61% was higher than the poll to ratify the 1998 Good Friday agreement, when 56% of the electorate me out to pro-reform vote was also energised by an 11th-hour movement lled #hometovote, which ed social media to enurage young Irish expatriat to get back to Ireland time to first nstuency that clared favour of a Y vote was the ral Sligo/North Lerim, which backed gay marriage by 54% to 46%.

Photograph: Clodagh Kilyne/Getty Imag Photograph: Clodagh Kilyne/Getty ImagAs the first nfirmed rult was announced, veteran Irish gay rights mpaigner Senator David Norris arrived at Dubl Castle, where he was mobbed as a hero by a younger generatn of gay activists.

The world expert on Jam Joyce had pursued urt s all the way to the European urt of human rights, forcg a prev Irish ernment to crimalise homosexualy cheers and applse om the crowd gathered the urtyard, and wh tears his ey, Norris said the rult would spire others across the pla.

NORTHERN IRELAND MLAS VOTE 'Y' FOR GAY MARRIAGE - BUT MOTN IS TORPEDOED BY DUP VETO

“It’s clear that, if the referendum is an affirmatn of the views of young people, the church has a huge task ont of , ” Mart pro-gay marriage vote ptured headl around the world, wh celebri praisg the oute. ”Back the sunshe at Dubl Castle, the crowds gave a rock-star wele to another proment Irish gay spokman, the drag queen and human rights activist Panti Bliss, also known as Rory O’ Bliss aka Rory O’Neill leads the celebratns. ”But while the thoands the Castle leapt for joy, wept and waved rabow flags triumph when the overall natnal vote was announced, there was a remr om the gay muny Northern Ireland that the stggle for equaly is far om over even on the Boyd, of the gay rights group the Rabow Project Belfast, remd the world that there was still a ban on gay marriage north of the borr.

All 73 MPs who voted agast legalisg gay marriage Northern Ireland (All are Tory or DUP - tails om Parliament's webse) David Ams Steve Baker Henry Bellgham Pl Berford Bob Blackman Peter Bone Suella Braverman Andrew Bridgen Jam Brokenshire Fna Bce Gregory Campbell Jam Cartlidge William Cash Rehman Chishti Christopher Chope Simon Clarke There Coffey Philip Davi David Davis Nigel Dodds Steve Double Richard Drax David Duguid Gee Etice Kev Foster Roger Gale Pl Girvan Robert Goodwill Jam Gray Kirstene Hair Mark Harper John Hay Kev Hollrake Philip Hollobone Adam Holloway John Howell Eddie Hugh Carole Johnson David Jon Stephen Kerr Greg Knight John Lamont Ple Latham Jeremy Leoy Edward Leigh Andrew Lewer Emma Ltle Pengelly Anne Ma Nigel Mills David Morris Matthew Offord Ian Paisley Owen Paterson Mike Penng Mark Prisk Mark Prchard Jab Re-Mogg Lrence Robertson Mary Robson Andrew Rosll Douglas Ross Jim Shannon David Simpson John Stevenson Gary Streeter Dmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Michael Tomlson Mart Vickers Heather Wheeler Bill Wigg Sammy Wilson PLUS: Jefey M.

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Polls have opened Ireland, where voters are makg history as the republic be the first untry to ask s electorate to legalise gay than 3 ln voters have been ved to st ballots Ireland’s 43 nstuenci, wh the rult to follow on Saturday.

NORTHERN IRELAND KEEPS WATCHFUL EYE ON GAY MARRIAGE VOTE ACROSS THE BORR

Pollg statns opened at 7am BST and close at votg follows a hard-fought and ocsnally ranro battle between nservative and liberal some 20 other untri worldwi have already legalised gay marriage, Ireland would be the first to do so through a referendum. The move would mark the culmatn of an improbable journey a untry which homosexual acts were still illegal as recently as turnout is said to be higher than prev referendums the republic, wh some urban areas, particularly the key greater Dubl battleground, reportg that 20% of the electorate had st their vote before lunchtime. Senator Norris is the gay rights veteran whose legal battle rulted the Irish ernment crimalisg homosexualy Og Cack, one of Ireland’s most famo openly gay sportsmen, spoke of his nerv on the eve of the referendum.

GAY MARRIAGE NOW HAS OVERWHELMG SUPPORT NORTHERN IRELAND - POLL

An alliance of evangelil Catholics and Prottants have distributed more than 90, 000 anti-gay marriage pamphlets over the past week across Ireland urgg a no Monaghan, one of the ordators of the alliance of 100 relig activists, issued a warng on the eve of the referendum.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Focg on fears stirred up by the no mp about children allegedly beg forcibly adopted by gay upl, Bishop Storey said: “You nnot refe marriage whout cludg rmatn and reference to children, fay and the good of society. ”Until this week the y-no battle was loured by accatns that opponents of gay marriage were misleadg the public over claims about forced adoptns or same-sex upl havg a supposed right to obta children through surrogacy. The y mp has poted out that the missner overseeg the mpaign has dismissed the claims and emphasised they were not nnected to gay the past few days, the mpaign has turned much uglier, wh y advot revealg the amount of vrlic abe they have received.