As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
Contents:
- EXPLAER: IRELAND’S WORLD-FIRST POPULAR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
EXPLAER: IRELAND’S WORLD-FIRST POPULAR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Ireland is due to hold the world’s first popular vote to ci whether gay and lbian upl should be allowed to marry. * gay marriage ireland poll *
Ireland holds world's first popular vote to ci if gay and lbian upl n marry.
Y proponents say vote is about givg gay, lbian upl same rights as heterosexuals.
IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
Wh all of the rults , Ireland has voted a historic y s gay marriage referendum * gay marriage ireland poll *
Ireland is due to hold the world’s first popular vote to ci whether gay and lbian upl should be allowed to marry.
The Y proponents say that is simply about givg gay and lbian upl the same nstutnal rights as heterosexual upl.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
* gay marriage ireland poll *
Legislatn passed 2010 gave siar but not equal rights and rponsibili to gay and lbian upl. The poll may be about rights, but is also evably a tt to ci if Irish people regnize and accept homosexualy and that two men, or two women, n love each other wh the same tensy and passn as a heterosexual uple and whether the state should bls their love.
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
At a eper level, the referendum is about whether Irish people n accept that gay and lbian upl have sex which is as pleasurable and fulfillg as is for heterosexual upl and that, when homosexual upl have children, those children are not harmed by havg two parents of the same genr. The qutn this Friday is to what extent this cultural inty embrac liberal, smopolan attus to beg gay. 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”.