Cubans approve gay marriage by large marg referendum | Rters

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• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• CUBANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BY LARGE MARG REFERENDUM

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

ZURICH, Sept 26 (Rters) - Swzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex upl by a nearly two-thirds majory a referendum on Sunday, makg one of the last untri Wtern Europe to legalise gay marriage. The number of Y vot is 964, 616, wh 599, 505 for McDonaldAs the cliche go, succs has many fathers and the ntext of the Y victory the Irish gay marriage vote there will be many policians who will want to claim the cred. But whether Labour gas om today’s stunng pro-gay marriage victory pecially greater Dubl is open to O'CarrollThe archbishop of Dubl, Diarmuid Mart, has scribed the almost certa Y fal rult as a wake-up ll for the Catholic church.

Whether that was accurate or not, that is how many the gay muny felt.

CUBANS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BY LARGE MARG REFERENDUM

Dpe the emotnal turmoil and pa, many LGBTIQ people went to that vote feelg, the entire mpaign for a y vote was about hearts and mds —  actively pulled at the heartstrgs of Atralians who had a gay child, uncle, niece or work mate. Returng to Pearson's central premise — that a Voice would rce racism Atralia — let's look at the only parison we have: the same sex marriage end homophobia? Mr Gilmore stood over his ments ma mid-2012, that gay marriage was "the civil rights issue of a generatn".

Senator David Norris, one of the key figur havg homosexual acts crimalised the 1990s, said was a wonrful rult. "I believe that by the end of today gay people will be equal this untry. "This rult sends a strong msage to young people across Ireland that they are valued equally; and that we want to promote rpect and elimate homophobia.