Ireland Vote Legalizes Gay Marriage

[Straight Shooter]

Ireland has voted resoundingly to legalize gay marriage in the world's first national vote on the issue, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday even as official ballot counting continued.

Senior figures from the "no" campaign, who sought to prevent Ireland's constitution from being amended to permit same-sex marriages, say the only question is how large the "yes" side's margin of victory will be from Friday's vote.

"We're the first country in the world to enshrine marriage equality in our constitution and do so by popular mandate. That makes us a beacon, a light to the rest of the world of liberty and equality. So it's a very proud day to be Irish," said Leo Varadkar, a Cabinet minister who came out as gay at the start of a government-led effort to amend Ireland's conservative Catholic constitution.

"There is going to be a very substantial majority for a yes vote. I'm not at all surprised by that to be honest with you," said Irish Sen. Ronan Mullen, one of only a handful of politicians who campaigned for rejection.

Political analyst Noel Whelan noted that "yes" majorities were being reported even in conservative rural districts and suggested the only question was how large the "yes" majority would be when all ballots in this predominantly Catholic nation of 4.6 million are counted.

Varadkar, who personally watched the votes being tabulated at the County Dublin ballot center, said the Irish capital looks to have voted around 70 percent in favor of gay marriage, while most districts outside the capital also were reporting strong "yes" leads. He said not a single district yet had reported a "no" majority. Official results come later Saturday.

The anti-gay marriage side credited "yes" campaigners with running a creative, compelling campaign that harnessed the power of social media to mobilize young voters, tens of thousands of whom voted for the first time Friday. They also said a "no" victory was always unlikely given that all political parties and most politicians backed the legalization of homosexual unions, just five years after parliament approved marriage-style civil partnerships for gay couples.

Fianna Fail party leader Michael Martin, whose party is traditionally closest to the Catholic Church but like all other parties campaigned to legalize gay marriage, said it "looks like an emphatic win for the yes side." Voters in his native Cork were being recorded by observers as more than 60 percent yes.

John Lyons, one of the four openly gay lawmakers in Ireland's 166-member parliament, said he was surprised by how many older voters he met on the campaign trail who were voting yes. But he paid special credit to the mobilization of younger voters, many of whom traveled home from work or studies abroad to vote.

"Most of the young people I canvassed with have never knocked on a door in their lives," said Lyons, who represents northwest Dublin in parliament. "This says something about modern Ireland. Let's never underestimate the electorate or what they think."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ireland-gay-marriage-20150523-story.html

Bravo Ireland

 

[Supafly]

How fantastic is this? Ireland, the country that symbolized seperation more than East and West Germany... leads the way.

I love this!

 

[Jack Davenport]

In Pakistan homosexuality is punishable by a 10 year prison sentence. Just think about that for a moment.

 

[Supafly]

Oh, there are countries where this means a death sentence.

http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-where-its-illegal-to-be-gay-2015-5?IR=T

 

[panther]

At least their votes count.........

 

[D-rock]

In Pakistan homosexuality is punishable by a 10 year prison sentence. Just think about that for a moment.

And your point is?

 

[Jack Davenport]

And your point is?

:1orglaugh

You poor thing

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Good for them...now lets see 2 hot Irish girls tie the knot, and video tape their honeymoon.

 

[Deepcover]

By next century gay marriage will be fully legal across the globe.

 

[MMMariah]

I hope so. Its about time. When hetero marriages fail more than 50% of the time why the fuck should they be the only ones legally allowed to be miserable? I have friends who are getting married next weekend. Two girls who have been together for 13 years. There is not one thing about their relationship that isn't as good as any hetero relationship I have ever seen. They are respectful and loving and best friends. If anyone deserves it they do.

Good for Ireland!

 

[MMMariah]

homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death in Uganda raping lesbians is encouraged and its all backed by US republican politicians. What a shock.

 

[Chopper3000]

The bog trotters only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death in Uganda raping lesbians is encouraged and its all backed by US republican politicians. What a shock.

You realize this is a country that supported Idi Amin? What part of you would expect them to be rational on any level. Please post a link to support our Governments acceptance, and/or encouragement of this behavior.

 

[MMMariah]

I posted an entire thread fuckface. Oklahoma Republican ultra-religious Senator James Inhofe as well as other Religious right politicians have helped the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda. They helped with the writing of it as well as supported it. Ihofe has made 137 trips to Africa and 5 "official" trips to Uganda saying that he goes there for his "jesus stuff"

http://board.freeones.com/showthrea...tors-Backing-Anti-Homosexuality-Law-in-Uganda

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I posted an entire thread fuckface. Oklahoma Republican ultra-religious Senator James Inhofe as well as other Religious right politicians have helped the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda. They helped with the writing of it as well as supported it. Ihofe has made 137 trips to Africa and 5 "official" trips to Uganda saying that he goes there for his "jesus stuff"

http://board.freeones.com/showthrea...tors-Backing-Anti-Homosexuality-Law-in-Uganda

I didn't realize you had created that thread cuntbag. Thank you for the link.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Mariah Milano is clueless to the fact that a lot of African anti homosexuality laws were put in place because of their efforts to control the spread of HIV and Aids

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I did not know that Blue. I know they suspect it started there, but to honestly expect ANY rationality from a country full of warlords, and brutality like that, would be the equivalent of walking into a police station waving a gun, and not expect having to go to prison, or the undertaker.

Mariah's ignorance of , or attitude towards anything, or anyone, is irrelevant. What is relevant, is her abusive attitude towards anyone that disagrees with her, and her opinions. Her arrogance quickly becomes apparent, the moment anyone questions her, even in an attempt to gain knowledge, and her abrasiveness becomes even more obvious, when her sources of information are questioned. She clearly has no concept of the fact, she is exactly like every right wing nut job she complains about, only she whores the liberal agenda. There is no middle for her, she clearly exhibits all of the symptoms of a "party line voter". She just can't grasp that some Republicans are good, just as some Democrats are bad.

I'm the perfect example of her viscous and vindictive personality. She started all of the animosity that exists between us, but even though the misunderstanding has been explained, she refuses to acknowledge her portion of responsibility involving the incident. Further more, because I refuse to agree with her, or because I choose to speak my mind, and voice differing opinions, she resorts to abusive attacks against loved ones. The funniest part of this is, if you watch any of her restaurant review videos, she acts so sweet, and kind, all the while those who interact with her on this board, know how she really is. Either she is an Oscar worthy actress, or extremely mentally ill, and in need of the proper help, and medication.

 

[MMMariah]

You aren't wrong BC BUT..... that has ZERO to do with the law in Uganda. Watch the episode of VICE or are you too chicken shit to have to eat that crow? They interview fucking government officials who openly say its about christianity. they tell children there are 10 different cancers you get from gay sex. they tell the girls they will never be able to give birth if they have lesbian sex even once. They encourage the murder of gay men and the rape of lesbians. ENCOURAGE it! The law makes gay sex punishable by death.

The law was written by pastors with help from US politicians. CHRISTIAN politicans. The law is in the name of Jesus.

My source is questionable fucko? When you see a video of the prime minister of the country saying these things how is it questionable? When you hear the pastors and president of the country saying that James Inhofe has been a very close friend and ally of the christian coalition in uganda how is that questionable?

You guys fucking REFUSE to consider any other points of view. I am open to ANY points of view and welcome them. I have changed my mind and opinion on many things, including my political party which you cannot comprehend. I just learned more and realized I disagreed with too much shit so I openly and PROUDLY changed my affiliation. You see it as being a traitor I see it as being an adult.

And it's nice to know you're stalking my videos. Typical. And I don't act on camera unless it was porn. That was mostly fake as it is with nearly ALL girls doing scenes. I am confrontational with you because you jumped into a thread and backed up that piece of white trash racist hick philbert I talked shit back and your pussy got hurt. The person you see in those videos is the person I am all day every day. I'm also nice to many people on this board, many I disagree with. People like bob and georges and others.

 

[Jack Davenport]

lol @ fucko

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Lets be clear, I watched ONE video, just out of curiosity, I can't recall the name of the joint, but you ate a Cuban sandwich, and acted EXACTLY like every other food show actor, You rolled your eyes, and exclaimed how wonderful it was, etc., etc. As far as your porn goes, I've seen one, a Rodney Moore video, and I can't even recall the scene. As far as me backing up someone in a thread, if your panties get in a wad because someone in an OPEN forum, agrees with someone other then you, you've made my point. I don't care who the person is, if they make a point I agree with, I'll express that same view. Once again, since your brain seems to be stuck in dumbass mode, I will remind you AGAIN. All I did, was point out that priests are not the only people that take advantage of their power, to hurt little kids, and because you are so blinded by your hatred of things you disagree with, in this case religion. You viscously attacked my character, and clearly called me a child molester...BECAUSE I MADE A VALID POINT!!! And for no other reason then just that. You started every bit of this shit between us, and then, because you are a bitter, and hateful person, you decided to step it up, and attack an Innocent bystander....why? Because, once again, someone dared to disagree with you, and choose to fight back, and in an effort to continue that hatefulness, you changed your user name, and gave up your ocsm status just so you could continue to come into this section and argue with people. You call anyone that disagrees with you names, and accuse them of a variety things, including, racism, ignorance, and continue to be able to accept the fact that you are not always right, and when someone dares to disagree, you go for the throat. You say what we see in those videos, are who you are all of the time, but I have never once seen you on this board, when you are not confrontational with just about everyone, and that excludes me. Although I will at least give you the credit for not calling anyone else's family members abusive names. I don't consider you a traitor for changing your political affiliation, I just disagree with most of what they want to do, mainly because it involves giving my hard earned money to other people. As far as your sources go, that is a general blanket statement, some may, some may not. My point was, you cannot post a source that is truly a left wing source, and call it unbiased, any more then you can say Fox news wouldn't be far right biased.