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Ireland votes yes to gay marriage!

Ireland has become the first country in the world to approve gay marriage by popular vote with 62% voting 'yes'.
Posted by: admin , May 24, 2015
  • Ireland has become the first country in the world to approve gay marriage by popular vote with 62% voting ‘yes’.
  • The voter turnout was 60%, which was higher than expected.
  • In a country where the majority of its people identify themselves as Catholic, the legalisation of gay marriage represents a significant shift in the views of its people. In fact, homosexuality was banned up until 1993!
  • All of Ireland’s major political parties supported the amendment of the  constitutional definition of marriage.
  • Ireland will be the 19th country in the world to legalise gay marriage and the 14th in Europe.

Read more:

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/05/24/ireland-says-big–yes–to-gay-marriage.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fintan-o-toole-ireland-has-left-tolerance-far-behind-1.2223838

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ireland-gives-resounding-621-percent-yes-to-gay-marriage/2015/05/23/0d8192da-0176-11e5-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html

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