Ireland is due to hold the world’s first popular vote to ci whether gay and lbian upl should be allowed to marry.
Contents:
- EXPLAER: IRELAND’S WORLD-FIRST POPULAR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
- IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
- 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
EXPLAER: IRELAND’S WORLD-FIRST POPULAR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
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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 is due to hold the world’s first popular vote to ci whether gay and lbian upl should be allowed to marry.
IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
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The Y proponents say that is simply about givg gay and lbian upl the same nstutnal rights as heterosexual upl. 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.
IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA uple at Dubl Castle on McQuillan/Getty ImagSli 1 of 10 A uple at Dubl Castle on McQuillan/Getty ImagMay 23, 2015DUBLIN — Ireland beme the first natn to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote, sweepg asi the opposn of the Roman Catholic Church a roundg victory Saturday for the gay rights movement and placg the untry at the vanguard of social the fal ballots unted, the vote was 62 percent favor of legalizg same-sex marriage, and 38 percent opposed.
Ireland crimalized homosexualy only 1993, the church domat the tn system, and abortn remas illegal except when a mother’s life is at risk. At the same time, homosexualy is illegal across much of the Middle East and gay rights are unr renewed attack Rsia and parts of rults showed wi and ep support for a measure that had domated public disurse and dner-table nversatn the months before the vote on Friday.
Supporters celebrated gathergs and on the streets, wh the rabow lors of the gay rights movement and Y vote buttons nspicuoly on display. ”ViotranscripttranscriptIreland Legaliz Gay MarriageIreland has bee the first natn to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote, sweepg asi opposn om the Roman Catholic Church a roundg victory for the gay rights movement.
IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
NaIreland has bee the first natn to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote, sweepg asi opposn om the Roman Catholic Church a roundg victory for the gay rights olr activists, the moment marked a profound evolutn for their untry.
For the world, suggted how far the gay rights movement has e, to make such a signifint step a untry wh a storied history as a relig stronghold. “Throughout my youth, adolcence and young adulthood, was a crimal offense to be gay, ” said David Norris, a 70-year-old Irish senator and longtime said he had faced “total isolatn” as a young man.
Though that is a formaly, the date when gay and lbian upl n marry will be termed that was support for the measure across the polil spectm, cludg om Prime Mister Kenny, of the center-right Fe Gael party, and his Labour aln partner, which had phed for the referendum.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
”Gay rights activists around the world had said a victory would be an important tone. One opposn mercial said, “You should be able to have rervatns about gay marriage whout beg lled a homophobe, ” while a mercial supportg same-sex marriage featured young people enuragg their parents to vote.