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Early indications are that Ireland has voted in favor of same-sex marriage, Irish media reported today.

Labour lawmaker Kevin Humphreys, Ireland's Minister of State for Employment, Community and Social Support, tweeted that vote tallies in Dublin on a "historic day" Showed the "Yes" Vote was "Big and fat."

The official vote results are expected to be announced later today. If passed, the referendum would make Ireland the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote. Ref. CNN

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Ireland is the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.

More than 60 percent of voters said "Yes" To a referendum that changes Ireland's constitution to give gay and lesbian couples the right to civil marriage, but not to wed in a church.

The referendum was seen as a test of whether liberal thinking would trump conservative, traditional leanings in the majority Catholic nation. Ref. CNN

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Now that's a big step for the Irish considering their very Catholic roots. There shouldn't be any more descrimination in those Irish pubs anymore.