First gay marriag take place Ireland after landmark vote | Rters

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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.

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

“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.

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

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.

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. The referendum was held 22 years after homosexual acts were crimalised the Republic of Ireland.

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

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.

FIRST GAY MARRIAG TAKE PLACE IRELAND AFTER LANDMARK VOTE

"In 2010, the Irish ernment enacted civil partnership legislatn, which provid legal regnn for gay upl.