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• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

After all, Ireland, a tradnally nservative Catholic untry, only crimalized homosexualy 1993. Mister for Health Leo Varadkar publicly revealed he was gay for the first time durg the mpaign and lled the w a “historil day. 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 BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

'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. "In 2010, the Irish ernment enacted civil partnership legislatn, which provid legal regnn for gay upl. It’s been over 25 years sce the crimalizatn of homosexualy Ireland and not that many years sce Ireland led the way by beg one of the first untri to support same-sex marriage.

Homosexual activy was only crimalized Ireland 1993!

Gay marriage has only been legalized Ireland for four years (almost). The laws agast homosexualy, Ireland, dated back to Victorian tim and were enforced for almost 150 years.