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- IRELAND SAME-SEX REFERENDUM SET TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE
- 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
- IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
- HISTORIC VOTE IRELAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
- IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM – THE GUARDIAN BRIEFG
IRELAND SAME-SEX REFERENDUM SET TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE
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IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
Polls open as Ireland be first untry to ask electorate about legalisg gay marriage * gay referendum ireland *
A fal rult is expected late afternoon on the change is approved, the Republic of Ireland would bee the first untry to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular source, EPAImage ptn, The fal rult is expected later on Saturday afternoonImage source, Getty ImagImage ptn, A uple watch the untg of the same-sex marriage referendum votMister for Health Leo Varadkar, who earlier this year me out as the Republic of Ireland's first openly gay mister, said the mpaign had been "almost like a social revolutn". Media ptn, A snapshot of gay rights around the globeMore on this storyRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s. 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.
HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
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.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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IRISH VOTERS MAKE HISTORY GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM
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.
IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
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.
HISTORIC VOTE IRELAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM – THE GUARDIAN BRIEFG
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. “Commentators jt don’t seem to have grasped that this has been the culmatn of a 10-year mpaign to change attus this untry, ” said Colm O’Gorman, chief executive of Amnty Internatnal (Ireland) and a leadg gay rights mpaigner.
“The personal stori of people’s own ttimoni, as to their difficulti growg up beg gay certaly stck a chord wh people, ” said Jim Walsh, an Irish senator who opposed the marriage referendum, durg a televisn terview.
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.