Posted on 11/05/2015 7:14:28 AM PST by Olog-hai
Making history on Monday a majority of Northern Ireland's Assembly members voted in favor of same-sex marriage for the first time.
But the motion was immediately blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) who submitted a "petition of concern" requiring that the proposal achieve a cross-community majority to pass, effectively vetoing it.
Forty one nationalists backed the proposal, but it was approved by only four unionists, ensuring it fell.
It was the fifth time same-sex marriage was voted on by the assembly, with the four previous votes falling on a simple majority basis. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Gay-lick?
No gay marriage in Ireland.
So now it’s “settled law”, I suppose.
Northern Ireland is part of the UK.
So the Catholics support gay marriage, and the Protestants oppose it.
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