3. Ireland
Last month Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by vote. The referendum showed that people in Ireland were ready for equal rights to be granted to same sex couples. Over 62% or voters voted yes on the Marriage Equality referendum to make same sex marriage legal in Ireland
The vote didn’t make same sex marriage legal immediately, though. The law granting equal marriage rights for same sex couples will not go into effect for some time. In fact, same sex marriage won’t become officially legal until the end of 2016, at the earliest – more likely it will be in 2017.
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