Ireland May Be First Country To Legalize Gay Marriage By Popular Vote
Putting the United States to shame, Ireland is ahead of the pack on gay marriage.
Catholic and deeply conservative, Ireland was long known as one of the toughest places in the Western world to be gay. Homosexuality was only decriminalized here in 1993, following years of pressure from European authorities.
But now Ireland may be preparing for its coming-out party, with a referendum on Friday that could make it the world’s first country to approve same-sex marriage in a popular vote.
That such a momentous event in the gay rights struggle could happen here, of all places, reflects the breathtaking social change that has swept Ireland in recent years and the weakening hold of the scandal-scarred Catholic Church.
The church has come out firmly against the referendum. But in a country where priests once held unquestioned sway and where 85 percent of the nation still identifies as Catholic, a large majority of Ireland appears ready to defy church teachings and vote to give same-sex partners the same right to marry as heterosexual couples.
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
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arc99 May 17th, 2015 at 10:26
If this referendum passes as expected, we need boxing announcer Michael Buffer to spread the news.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner and new Land of the Free, I R E L A N D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
granpa.usthai May 17th, 2015 at 15:49
-er. Don’t forget the er in Free. They still got them little gold loving Republechauns over there. You’re never really free until they self explode!
granpa.usthai May 17th, 2015 at 15:50
BTW, you still in the Dem Primaries?
Carla Akins May 17th, 2015 at 10:37
Now if they would only recognize women’s rights.
WALT1ORO May 20th, 2015 at 19:55
Careful there my lass (Patting you softly on the head) you don’t want to be rushing into things (Like perhaps the 16th Century or something) now run along and be putting the supper on the table (Despite your desire to add arsenic to his tea) you turn and go … Aahh now there is a fine lass I tell you all … and strange to say they lived together for years and he died very old in his own bed with her beside him with a cup of hot tea …
allison1050 May 17th, 2015 at 10:41
Damnnn Ireland!! Good for your country!!!
Hirightnow May 17th, 2015 at 12:22
Whale oil beef hooked.
granpa.usthai May 17th, 2015 at 15:45
well, it won’t be long before little water soaked shamrocks start washing up on the eastern shores of the USA!
best for the Kristian Krowd to double triple down on NO EQUAL RIGHTS in AmeriKa!
Obewon May 17th, 2015 at 18:58
GOP TV cries ‘This will lead to Gay leprechauns marrying 2+ humans and a unicorn each!’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD90xcg6UaA
David Ish May 18th, 2015 at 08:08
Ireland may not be as catholic is they used to be
WALT1ORO May 20th, 2015 at 19:21
Neither is the Catholic Church …