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• FIRST GAY COUPLE MARRI IRELAND SIX MONTHS AFTER REFERENDUM VOTE
• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND'S GAY UPL WAKE UP TO A SHOCKG NEW REALY
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: GAY UPL' ACTN ON 'LAY' NI
• FIRST GAY MARRIAG TAKE PLACE IRELAND AFTER LANDMARK VOTE

FIRST GAY COUPLE MARRI IRELAND SIX MONTHS AFTER REFERENDUM VOTE

Belfast uple Robyn Peopl, 26, and Sharni Edwards, 27, are the first gay uple to wed the Edwards, 27, and Robyn Peopl, 26, a Belfast uple who are the first known same-sex uple to get married Northern Ireland, kiss after beg married Carrickferg on Feb. 11, 2020, 2:10 PM UTCCARRICKFERGUS, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland’s first same-sex weddg took place on Tuday after the ernment lifted a ban on gay marriage the provce, markg legalizatn of the practice throughout the Uned Peopl, 26, a health re worker om the cy, and Sharni Edwards, 27, a wars origally om Brighton, beme the provce’s first gay uple to wed, acrdg to the Love Equaly mpaign women exchanged their vows Carrickferg, County Antrim on their sixth anniversary as a uple. Bra’s Northern Ireland Mister Julian Smh, members of parliament and mpaigners will celebrate the legalizatn of gay marriage at an event London later on Canng, the partner of murred thor Lyra McKee, who was shot ad by a New IRA gunman Londonrry last year, will also attend the London event.

“It means the absolute world, ” Edwards said, when asked what meant to be champns for the lbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) muny Northern Ireland, who have long mpaigned for equal rights. Gay rights mpaigners take part a march through Belfast on July 1, 2017 to prott agast the ban on same-sex 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. Media ptn, Robyn Peopl and Sharni Edwards tie the knot Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage ceremonyA uple have tied the knot the first same-sex marriage to take place Northern Peopl, om Belfast, and Sharni Edwards, om Brighton celebrated their nuptials on Tuday at a ceremony a hotel Carrickferg, County met five years ago at a gay bar of the ceremony, Ms Peopl, a re worker, said the pair were sendg a msage to the world that "we are equal". The first gay uple to be married Ireland wed on Tuday, almost six months after lns of cizens voted to legalize same-sex marriage the predomantly Catholic untry.

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

The uple had formed a civil partnership May, Ireland beme the first untry to adopt gay marriage through a popular vote, rather than through the urts or lawmakers. More than 62% voted favour of amendg the untry's nstutn to allow gay and lbian upl to marry.

IRELAND'S GAY UPL WAKE UP TO A SHOCKG NEW REALY

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. '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. DUBLIN - The gay upl of Ireland woke up Sunday what felt like a natn reborn - some wh dreams of weddg plans dancg their weren't risg too early, however, after celebratg the history-makg oute of Ireland's referendum enshrg gay marriage the nstutn.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: GAY UPL' ACTN ON 'LAY' NI

The unexpectedly strong willgns of Irish voters to change their nservative 1937 nstutn is expected to lead to a wave of gay weddgs Ireland the fall. The "y" mpaign also featured movg personal stori om proment Irish people - eher g out as gays or scribg their hop for gay children - that helped nvce waverg voters to back equal marriage rights. Both Catholic Church lears and gay rights advot said the rult signaled a social revolutn Ireland, where only a few s ago the thory of Catholic teachg was rerced by voters who massively backed bans on abortn and divorce the Ireland's most proment gay uple, Sen.

FIRST GAY MARRIAG TAKE PLACE IRELAND AFTER LANDMARK VOTE

"By then, several mentators have noted, a new generatn of Irish people should already be acceptg the sight of a gay uple holdg hands the street, or exchangg their vows and kissg ont of their fai.

LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) people are now a fully acknowledged part of the wonrful ordars of Irish life, " wrote Irish Tim lumnist Ftan O'Toole. Image source, Getty ImagSame-sex marriage mpaigners have said they will start a legal challenge to force the ernment to allow gay upl Northern Ireland to nvert their civil partnerships to first gay marriag Northern Ireland are expected to take place Febary, after they were legalised legislatn passed by MPs ernment is "workg to meet" the adle for troducg the mpaigners have said has not done enough for some gay have said upl civil partnerships have been left behd bee unr the plans they will not be able to nvert their partnerships to England, Stland and Wal, civil-partnered upl n nvert their partnerships to marriage by fillg a form and payg a fee of £ source, PA MediaImage ptn, Amanda McGurk (left) and Cara McCann want to nvert their civil partnership to marriageThat will not immediately apply Northern Ireland but the ernment said tends to hold a public nsultatn about extendg that to the regn.

'Government changed s md'Cara McCann and Amanda McGurk said they would take legal actn to make sure the change is place same-sex uple entered a civil partnership this year and Ms McCann argued they had not been treated the same way as gay upl who were not civil partners. A civil partnership nnot be dissolved wh s first two years Northern Ireland - after that n only be dissolved for at least one of the reasons:two years of separatn wh the nsent of the other partner to dissolve the partnershipfive years of separatnunreasonable behavursertnMs McCann said that wh none of those grounds beg met and wh no right to nvert their partnership she and Ms McGurk were not able to benef om the legalisatn of same-sex was creatg a "hierarchy wh the LGBT muny", she new legislatn requir the ernment to brg regulatns to provi for same-sex marriage by 13 January upl have to dite their tentn to marry 28 days before dog so, meang the first gay weddgs are expected to be held the week of Valente's Day. 'Delay for relig weddgs'Ms McCann and Ms McGurk are beg joed their legal actn by two Christian same-sex source, Amnty InternatnalImage ptn, Cara McCann (send right) and Amanda McGurk (right) have no choice but to take legal actn, says their solicor Ciaran Moynagh (send left)Unr the ernment's plans, same-sex upl will not be able to marry a relig ceremony when gay marriage be ernment said tend to rry out a nsultatn on allowg relig same-sex marriag Northern Ireland.