Ireland's gay marriage bate: where homophob are treated as victims | Emer O’Toole | The Guardian

Contents:

• IRELAND TO HOLD REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE MAY
• IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE BATE: WHERE HOMOPHOB ARE TREATED AS VICTIMS
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM
• 'WELL DONE': THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE IRELAND
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

IRELAND TO HOLD REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE MAY

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. A referendum on legalisg gay marriage Ireland will be held May, the Republic’s puty prime mister announced on Tuday eveng.

IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE BATE: WHERE HOMOPHOB ARE TREATED AS VICTIMS

“The fact that this referendum is now to take place is a mark of the progrs that has taken place this untry recent years and s, and dit the extent to which attus to lbian and gay people have changed, ” Burton said Government Buildgs. A gay Christian group was among the first to wele the announcement.

”The latt opn poll the Irish Tim found that 71% of the Republic’s electorate would vote y and allow for legal gay marriag the hierarchy of the Catholic church last week me out agast gay marriage the Republic. A y vote would mark another feat for the temporal power of the Catholic church a untry once the same day as the gay marriage referendum, the Republic’s voters will also be asked to endorse a nstutnal reform that will allow lowerg the age an dividual n stand for the Irish princy om 35 to 21.

A gay member of the ma aln partner, Fe Gael, said the referendum would be a landmark day for social equaly Buttimer, who prents Cork South Central the Irish parliament said: “As a gay man and member of Fe Gael, I am immensely proud that this referendum has been brought forward by this Fe Gael/ Labour Government.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

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.

IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM

Homosexual activy was only crimalized Ireland 1993! Gay marriage has only been legalized Ireland for four years (almost).

'WELL DONE': THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE IRELAND

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.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

For most of Ireland’s history, s laws agast homosexualy dated back to the Victorian era and were felt for more than 140 years. David Norris, a lecturer at Try College Dubl, is one of the pneers of the movement agast the crimalizatn of homosexualy.