Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unns | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

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.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

Mr Varadkar revealed publilly durg the referendum mpaign that he was gay.

“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.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

“I believe that by the end of today gay people will be equal this untry. 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. Forced Slavery For Anybody Convicted Of Homosexual Activi.