Saturday, May 23, 2015

It's Over--The Yes Triumphs

++With all 43 constituencies reporting, The Yes Vote has triumphed in favor of same sex marriage. The final vote was 62%Yes to 38% No. A total number of Irish voters was 1,935,907. 1,201,607 voted Yes; 734,300 voted No. There was a 60.52% turnout. Only one constituency voted no and only barely by a majority.

++Ireland has become the first country in the world to pass same-sex marriage by a direct vote. And just think homosexuality was illegal as of 1992.

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