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Contents:

• 'WELL DONE': THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE IRELAND
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM

'WELL DONE': THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE IRELAND

'Well Done': The Legalizatn of Gay Marriage IrelandOnly 22 years after crimalizg homosexualy, the untry be the first the world to approve marriage equaly by popular supporters celebrate as first rults the Irish referendum start to e through at Dubl stle, Ireland, Saturday, May 23, 2015.

(Peter Morrison/AP)Until 1993, homosexualy was a crimal offense Ireland. Now, Ireland’s gay populatn has earned the right to marry. Gay rights champn David Norris gets enthiastic receptn at Dubl Castle.

#marref — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 23, 2015As a rult of the referendum, which amends Ireland’s nstutn to approve marriage of two people “whout distctn as to their sex, ” gay upl the untry will be able to marry as soon as this summer. Homosexualy remaed a crimal offense until 1993, 26 years after a siar law was overturned England, and Irish voters only legalized divorce (by a slim marg) 1995.

IRELAND 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.

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

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.

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]”.

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

”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. The rabow lours of the ternatnal gay movement l up the 18th-century bbled urtyard amid glor sunshe on Saturday afternoon as up to 2, 000 gay activists celebrated a roundg Fe Gael-Labour aln had asked voters to amend their 78-year-old nstutn.

The overall turnout of 61% was higher than the poll to ratify the 1998 Good Friday agreement, when 56% of the electorate me out to pro-reform vote was also energised by an 11th-hour movement lled #hometovote, which ed social media to enurage young Irish expatriat to get back to Ireland time to first nstuency that clared favour of a Y vote was the ral Sligo/North Lerim, which backed gay marriage by 54% to 46%.

IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM

Photograph: Clodagh Kilyne/Getty Imag Photograph: Clodagh Kilyne/Getty ImagAs the first nfirmed rult was announced, veteran Irish gay rights mpaigner Senator David Norris arrived at Dubl Castle, where he was mobbed as a hero by a younger generatn of gay activists. The world expert on Jam Joyce had pursued urt s all the way to the European urt of human rights, forcg a prev Irish ernment to crimalise homosexualy cheers and applse om the crowd gathered the urtyard, and wh tears his ey, Norris said the rult would spire others across the pla.