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I don’t have anything profound to say about this, but it’s just a nice piece of good news. And I could use some good news these days:
Irish voters have resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday after the world’s first national vote on the issue.
As the official ballot counting continued, the only question appeared to be how large the “yes” margin of victory from Friday’s vote would be. Analysts said the “yes” support was likely to exceed 60 percent nationally when official results are announced later Saturday.
Congratulations to Ireland. This is both a human and humane gesture in a world that could use more of them.
