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Related: About this forumHuge Ireland vote for gay marriage
BBC
The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum.
More than 62% voted in favour of amending the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
It is the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote.
The referendum was held 22 years after homosexual acts were decriminalised in the Republic of Ireland
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32858501
cbayer
(146,218 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)So proud.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,267 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]This looks like a good year for LGBTQ rights in the West.
If only we could export this success to the Africa, the Caribbean, and the East.[/font]
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)That's the way to do it.
knowledgeispwr
(1,489 posts)but civil rights shouldn't be up for a vote. Minorities shouldn't have to depend on the whims of the majority to be treated fairly.
rug
(82,333 posts)There is no need now for a judicial ruling to remedy a civil rights violation. The people there spoke resoundingly for them. There is no more potent political action.
okasha
(11,573 posts)Eirainn Abu!