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Ireland: Looks like a Yes!
May 23, 2015 - 7:38am
Ireland same-sex marriage referendum: all signs point to 'yes' Leaders on both sides say advocates of legalization have won resounding victory
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ireland-same-sex-marriage-referendum-all-si...
Spot of good news, in the name of equality and pissing off the Church...
Every report I've seen says that the only question is how big will the margin of victory be.
It seems quite big indeed! http://www.irishtimes.com/
Awesome!
Results can be found here. With three constituencies left to report, 62.29% in favour 37.71% opposed.
One constituency voted No.
The Irish seem quite pleased with themselves about the whole business, and the No side appears accepting of the result:
http://www.irishtimes.com