Ireland has
said "yes" to gay marriage, public broadcaster RTE confirmed on
Saturday. The "Yes" vote was ahead, with more than 60 percent voting
in favor, official figures showed.
Deutsche Welle, 23 May 2015
Out of
Ireland's 43 constituencies, 40 have voted "yes," the Irish public
broadcaster RTE reported on Saturday.
More than
62 percent voted in favor of legalizing same-se marriage, 37.7 percent voted
against the bill.
Strong
leads for the "Yes" camp emerged in districts across Dublin, as well
as in traditionally conservative rural areas.
But one
constituency, Roscommon-South Leitrim, in the middle of the country, saw over
51% of voters there rejecting the marriage referendum proposal - a higher percentage
than anywhere else.
Thousands
in Dublin to celebrate
Large
crowds flocked to central Dublin to celebrate the victory.
The crowds
cheered as gay rights icons appeared on the square, including David Norris,
whose campaign led to the 1993 decriminalization of homosexuality and Rory
O'Neill, whose Panti Bliss drag queen character became the face of the
campaign, the news agency Reuters reports.
Leo
Varadkar, Ireland's health minister, who has come out as gay said: "People
from the [gay] community in Ireland are a minority, but with our parents, our
families, or friends and co-workers and colleagues, we're a majority. For me,
it wasn't just a referendum. It was more like a social revolution," the
news agency AP quotes him as saying.
Reduced
impact of Catholic Church
The
Catholic Church once controlled virtually every aspect of Irish life but its
clout has been vastly reduced by the impact of secularization and a wave of
child sex abuse scandals that discredited the clergy.
With the
referendum Ireland becomes the 19th country in the world to recognize marriage
equality and the 14th in Europe - as well as the first to do so by popular
vote. In Germany, same-sex partners have the opportunity to register a
partnership, but they do not have the right to marry.
Saturday's
referendum results are a stunning triumph for gay rights activists. It was the
culmination of a four-decade struggle for gay rights.
ra/ng (AP, Reuters, dpa)
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