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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat May 23, 2015, 02:30 PM May 2015

Huge Ireland vote for gay marriage [View all]

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

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Huge Ireland vote for gay marriage [View all] hrmjustin May 2015 OP

A thousand bright blessings on the good people of Ireland okasha May 2015 #1

My relatives in Dublin voted for Marriage Equality! hrmjustin May 2015 #2

The ferries brought people home in droves to vote. nt MADem May 2015 #3