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Ireland plans 2015 public referendum on same-sex marriage
DUBLIN — The Irish government announced Thursday that it has set May 2015 as the date for a public referendum on same-sex marriage.
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Forbes apologizes to Ireland’s president for calling him gay
DUBLIN, Ireland — Financial news publisher Forbes on Wednesday apologized to Ireland’s president for inaccurately describing him as gay in an online article.
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Ireland will hold referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage
DUBLIN — Ireland will hold a referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage after a the Irish Constitutional Convention on Sunday voted overwhelmingly in favor of extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.
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Poll: Support for marriage equality in Ireland increases to 75 percent
DUBLIN, Ireland — As the Constitutional Convention met in Dublin to discuss reforms to the Irish Republic’s constitution this past weekend, a 2012 year end poll showed increased support for the issue of same-sex marriage, one of the legal reforms being discussed by delegates.
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Irish Catholic Church investigating how gay porn showed up in priest’s presentation
The Roman Catholic Church is investigating how a priest accidentally displayed pornographic gay images to parents of children receiving First Communion.
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One third of U.S. Senate now sponsoring bill to repeal DOMA
A new law in Ireland means that New Yorkers now have more rights on the Emerald Isle than they do in their own country. A hospital in Tennessee violates federal guidelines in denying visitation to a lesbian couple. There’s a new ad for marriage equality in New Hampshire that epitomizes Yankee thrift. And 20,000 Australian doctors agree: marriage equality is good for your head.
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Gay Irish senator gets nomination to run for Irish presidency
The independent Senator who represents Trinity District in Ireland’s parliament, the Seanad Éireann, garnered the support of the Irish capital city’s town council Tuesday evening to secure his nomination as a presidential candidate, entering a race already occupied by six other candidates.
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Secretly Gay-Affirming Pastors: You Are Not Alone
Yesterday I received this email (which I use here by permission): Dear John, Hi. My name is [deleted]. I am nearly 48-years-old, and am married with two grown children. I am also a Methodist minister in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have come to believe that I live in a black hole which is unknown to […]
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Ireland’s openly gay presidential candidate withdraws from race after scandal
Openly gay Senator David Norris announced that he was withdrawing from Ireland’s presidential campaign, after scandal erupted stemming from disclosure of letters he wrote to Israeli judicial authorities, seeking clemency for his former partner who had been convicted of raping a Palestinian teen in 1997.
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Dublin couple among first to celebrate same-sex civil union in Ireland
A Dublin, Ireland, gay couple became the public face of civil unions in the Irish State on Wednesday when they were among the first gay couples legally joined under legislation that passed last year allowing same-sex civil partnerships.