OCTOBER 29 UPDATE: The Marriage Bill 2015 has passed all levels of Parliament on the 22nd and was signed into law on the 29th. Weddings are expected to start mid-November!
SEPTEMBER 2015:
Ireland became the first in the world to approve gay marriage in a public vote (they had no other choice ) when the tally ended at 62% in favor in May.
Today the Irish President signed the Marriage Amendment Bill into law
Quote:
President Michael D Higgins has signed the result of last May’s marriage referendum into the Constitution.
The Thirty-Fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015 was signed by the president at Áras an Uachtaráin.
The president’s signature amends the Constitution so that: “Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.”
Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald welcomed the signature.
A spokesman for the Minister said that the Government will now bring forward the Marriage Bill 2015, which will make the necessary changes in existing statute law to give effect to the new Constitutional provision.
This Bill will be introduced in Dáil Éireann in September.
This was and is a really big part of history.
It's insane how much change we're witnessing before our eyes.
What makes it more eye opening and important is that it was passed via a referendum.
This was and is a really big part of history.
It's insane how much change we're witnessing before our eyes.
What makes it more eye opening and important is that it was passed via a referendum.
Some major social issues in the country passed 51-49% in the past and some were at the edge of their seats in the beginning because they thought the result was going to be the same. In the end the NO side gave up not long after the first ballots were counted because the support was just phenomenal! You should've seen twitter, so many Irish abroad flew home to vote YES, some from as far away as Australia
The bill has passed every stage and will now be signed into law! The adventure is over. There was a massive applause in the Senate today after the law was passed, so beautiful
CHAPTER CLOSED. GO, IRELAND! 
) when the tally ended at 62% in favor in May.
The Supreme Court said bye felicia this week.