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Offline Askold

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Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« on: May 23, 2015, 12:25:40 pm »
They are still counting the votes but now it is inevitable that the YES votes have won.



http://www.theguardian.com/global/live/2015/may/23/counting-underway-for-irelands-referendum-on-marriage-equality

Yay! I am actually surprised since I thought that such a devout Catholic country would have more resistance to LGBT rights but this is a pleasant surprise.

And in a show of good sportmanship the leader of the campaign to oppose same sex marriage tweeted his congratulations to the winners: https://twitter.com/DavQuinn/status/602036483906805760

(The winners are apparently not as gracious as you can see from the responses, but if the comments about lies and homophobia in the campaign are true I can understand why they aren't ready to forgive him.)
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2015, 12:50:34 pm »
Always glad to hear some good news for a change.
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2015, 01:46:53 pm »
Nice to see a country get it right.
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2015, 02:43:26 pm »
..And Ulster remains a fucking joke, as usual. You can't donate blood if you're gay, marriage equality is non-existent along with reproductive services, and age of consent has yet to be equalized.


« Last Edit: May 23, 2015, 02:45:48 pm by Second Coming of Madman »
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2015, 02:56:58 pm »
Quote from: Second Coming of Madman on May 23, 2015, 02:43:26 pm
..And Ulster remains a fucking joke, as usual. You can't donate blood if you're gay, marriage equality is non-existent along with reproductive services, and age of consent has yet to be equalized.

Is there a county-by-county breakdown of the vote? I'm now curious to see how Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal voted.
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2015, 03:11:21 pm »
Quote from: dpareja on May 23, 2015, 02:56:58 pm
Quote from: Second Coming of Madman on May 23, 2015, 02:43:26 pm
..And Ulster remains a fucking joke, as usual. You can't donate blood if you're gay, marriage equality is non-existent along with reproductive services, and age of consent has yet to be equalized.

Is there a county-by-county breakdown of the vote? I'm now curious to see how Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal voted.

While that was a jab at Northern Ireland, I'd be interested in seeing that too.
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2015, 03:46:35 pm »
Quote from: Second Coming of Madman on May 23, 2015, 03:11:21 pm
Quote from: dpareja on May 23, 2015, 02:56:58 pm
Quote from: Second Coming of Madman on May 23, 2015, 02:43:26 pm
..And Ulster remains a fucking joke, as usual. You can't donate blood if you're gay, marriage equality is non-existent along with reproductive services, and age of consent has yet to be equalized.

Is there a county-by-county breakdown of the vote? I'm now curious to see how Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal voted.

While that was a jab at Northern Ireland, I'd be interested in seeing that too.

I know it was a jab at Northern Ireland (which is a bit of a misnomer since the northernmost part of the island of Ireland is in Donegal), but I want to know if the rest of Ulster is as backwards as the part that remained in the United Kingdom.

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Wikipedia has a breakdown by constituency. Cavan-Monaghan voted 50.65% in favour; Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West voted 52.46% and 50.05% in favour respectively. One constituency did record a majority vote against: Roscommon-South Leitrim with only 48.58% in favour.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2015, 04:14:37 pm by dpareja »
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2015, 04:34:21 pm »
Damn...good on you Irish.

Ironbite-now all those Redheaded lesbians won't be pressured into marrying bad men.
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2015, 05:53:27 pm »
YES!
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2015, 11:37:37 pm »
Wonderful!
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Re: Ireland votes YES on marriage equality.
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2015, 11:16:54 am »
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on May 23, 2015, 11:37:37 pm
Wonderful!

The "Luck of the Irish" isn't irony, now! This really is a case of GREAT FORTUNE!
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