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At last, Republic of Ireland on Saturday, May 23, 2015, became the first country to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote.
More than 3.2 million people were asked whether they wanted to amend the country’s constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
Government ministers said that they believe it would pass, while prominent “no” campaigners conceded defeat.
Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, who earlier this year came out as the Republic of Ireland’s first openly gay minister, said the campaign had been “almost like a social revolution”.
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The Republic of Ireland has a written constitution which can only be changed by referendum.
Now that the proposal had been passed, a marriage between two people of the same sex would have the same status under the Irish constitution as a marriage between a man and a woman.
They would be recognised as a family and be entitled to the constitutional protection for families.
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