Irish voters make history gay marriage referendum | Ireland | The Guardian

Contents:

• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• IRELAND SAME-SEX REFERENDUM SET TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• IRELAND TO HOLD REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND ON URSE TO BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM
• IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE RULTS LIVE STREAM: HOW TO WATCH COVERAGE ON HISTORIC REFERENDUM

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

It said beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr was illegal almost 80 untri, and at least five of the was punishable by ath. “I would like to have seen that the rights of gay and lbian men and women uld have been rpected whout changg the fn of marriage. Senator Filma Healy Eam, who also mpaigned for a No vote, said the referendum “for me was never anti-gay”.

She said she had swched her vote om Y to No simply bee of her ncerns around nstutnal change and s effect on a child’s No advocy group Mothers and Fathers Matter exprsed “warm ngratulatns” to the Y si but said that one three Irish people - the vote rat - were not reprented by the polil mpaigner and Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power said gay mpaigners who told their stori on the doorsteps of voters had “helped to change Ireland for all of ”, not jt the gay said she had seen many of them rced to tears by the experience they had durg the mpaign.

Senator David Norris, who fought om the 1970s to 1993 to have homosexualy crimalised, weled the rult. The number of Y vot is 964, 616, wh 599, 505 for McDonaldAs the cliche go, succs has many fathers and the ntext of the Y victory the Irish gay marriage vote there will be many policians who will want to claim the cred. But whether Labour gas om today’s stunng pro-gay marriage victory pecially greater Dubl is open to O'CarrollThe archbishop of Dubl, Diarmuid Mart, has scribed the almost certa Y fal rult as a wake-up ll for the Catholic church.

IRELAND SAME-SEX REFERENDUM SET TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE

More than 62% voted favour of amendg the untry's nstutn to allow gay and lbian upl to marry.

The referendum was held 22 years after homosexual acts were crimalised the Republic of Ireland. However, married gay people will now have a nstutnal standg that n only be removed by another popular total, 1, 201, 607 people voted favour of same-sex marriage, while 734, 300 voted agast. 'Cultural divi' Many people returned to the Republic of Ireland om abroad to st their ptn, "Today Ireland ma history", say Irish PM Enda Kenny after the vote to legalise same-sex marriageMister for Health Leo Varadkar, who earlier this year me out as the Republic of Ireland's first openly gay mister, said the vote showed that the "tradnal cultural divi" between ral and urban areas had vanished.

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

'Social revolutn'"I appreciate how gay and lbian men and women feel on this day, that they feel this is somethg that is enrichg the way they live.

IRELAND TO HOLD REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE

"In 2010, the Irish ernment enacted civil partnership legislatn, which provid legal regnn for gay upl.

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

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. The huge Y vote marks another tone Ireland’s journey towards a more liberal, secular of an electorate of more than 3 ln, 1, 201, 607 backed gay marriage, while 734, 300 voters said No. The rult prompted a massive street party around the gay district of central Dubl close to the natnal unt centre.

IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM

Directly addrsg Ireland’s gay muny, taoiseach Enda Kenny said the rult meant that “a majory of people this republic have stood up for them [those the gay muny]”.

IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE RULTS LIVE STREAM: HOW TO WATCH COVERAGE ON HISTORIC REFERENDUM

We are a genero, passnate, bold and joyful people who say y to cln, y to generosy, y to love, y to 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.