Ireland Signs Gay Marriage Into Law | Time

Contents:

• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• YEARS AFTER LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE, IRELAND FALLY REMOV HOMOPHOBIC AND MISOGYNISTIC TEACHG MATERIAL
• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT IRELAND'S HISTORIC REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• HISTORIC VOTE IRELAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• IRELAND SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE INTO LAW

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

Mr Varadkar revealed publilly durg the referendum mpaign that he was gay.

“I would like to have seen that the rights of gay and lbian men and women uld have been rpected whout changg the fn of marriage. Senator Filma Healy Eam, who also mpaigned for a No vote, said the referendum “for me was never anti-gay”. She said she had swched her vote om Y to No simply bee of her ncerns around nstutnal change and s effect on a child’s No advocy group Mothers and Fathers Matter exprsed “warm ngratulatns” to the Y si but said that one three Irish people - the vote rat - were not reprented by the polil mpaigner and Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power said gay mpaigners who told their stori on the doorsteps of voters had “helped to change Ireland for all of ”, not jt the gay said she had seen many of them rced to tears by the experience they had durg the mpaign.

Senator David Norris, who fought om the 1970s to 1993 to have homosexualy crimalised, weled the rult. “I believe that by the end of today gay people will be equal this untry.

YEARS AFTER LEGALIZG GAY MARRIAGE, IRELAND FALLY REMOV HOMOPHOBIC AND MISOGYNISTIC TEACHG MATERIAL

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

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

”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%.

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

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. There are untri throughout Ai and Asia which is terribly dangero to be gay, ” Norris said.

“It’s clear that, if the referendum is an affirmatn of the views of young people, the church has a huge task ont of , ” Mart pro-gay marriage vote ptured headl around the world, wh celebri praisg the oute. ”Back the sunshe at Dubl Castle, the crowds gave a rock-star wele to another proment Irish gay spokman, the drag queen and human rights activist Panti Bliss, also known as Rory O’ Bliss aka Rory O’Neill leads the celebratns. ”But while the thoands the Castle leapt for joy, wept and waved rabow flags triumph when the overall natnal vote was announced, there was a remr om the gay muny Northern Ireland that the stggle for equaly is far om over even on the Boyd, of the gay rights group the Rabow Project Belfast, remd the world that there was still a ban on gay marriage north of the borr.

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

After all, Ireland, a tradnally nservative Catholic untry, only crimalized homosexualy 1993.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT IRELAND'S HISTORIC REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE

Mister for Health Leo Varadkar publicly revealed he was gay for the first time durg the mpaign and lled the w a “historil day. Homosexualy and abortn were crimal offens. The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform was found the 1970s, but s early activi took place agast an often hostile social and polil background.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Homophobic attacks were relatively rare, but the murrs of Declan Flynn and Charl Self the 1980s were attributed to homophobic vlence. In 1988, David Norris—then a member of the Seanad, the upper hoe of parliament—won a se before the European Court of Human Rights which led to the crimalizatn of homosexualy 1993.

HISTORIC VOTE IRELAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

Ireland was one of the last stat Wtern Europe to crimalize homosexualy. In 1981, 62 percent of the populatn was strongly opposed to homosexualy, but this had dropped to 38 percent by 2000. Ultimately, the bill to crimalize homosexualy was not opposed by any of the ma parti when proceed through parliament.

IRELAND SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE INTO LAW

The Gay and Lbian Equaly Network had been advotg for equal rights om the 1980s, and embarked on a profsnal and well-fund mpaign promotg full marriage rights which would heavily fluence the cisn to hold a referendum.