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Vote on Marriage equality in Ireland scheduled for Friday

5/18/2015

 
This Friday is the referendum on marriage equality in Ireland. If the vote goes as expected, Ireland will become the first country to establish marriage equality by a popular vote of its people.

It’s good to see the Irish people continue to shake off the narrow moralism that is the unfortunate legacy of their history as a majority Roman Catholic Country.

In the United States, we have an equal protection clause in our Constitution.  By the end of June, we expect that the US Supreme Court will rule that this clause of our Constitution requires marriage equality nationwide.
The countries which currently have full legal marriage equality are:
2001  Netherlands
2003  Belgium
2005  Spain
2005  Canada
2006  South Africa
2008  Norway
2009  Sweden
2010  Portugal
2010  Iceland
2010  Argentina
2012  Denmark
2013  Uruguay
2013  New Zealand
2013  France
2013  England
2013  Wales
2013  Brazil
2014  Scotland
2014  Luxembourg
2014  Finland
2015  Slovenia

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