Rainbows Over Dublin

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from Gay Star News:


Ireland today (23 May) once more proved that marriage equality does not cause floods or earthquakes of biblical proportions.

Rainbows shone in the sky, hours after the No-campaign admitted defeat and congratulated the Yes-campaign on what looks to be a landslide victory, prompting one user to call it ‘gayest day’ Ireland ever

A popular tweet claiming a double rainbow was sitting in the Dublin sky turned out to be originally posted while people were going to the polls on Friday by user @karltims.

Karl @karltims · May 22
There's a big gay rainbow over Dublin, if that's not Jesus giving the Yes vote I don't know what is

The picture is still being shared on Twitter, with people saying the date does not matter and Irish actor Gerard McCarthy tweeting : ‘If that's not Jesus giving the "Yes" vote then I don't know what is!’

User @miracleofsound called today ‘officially the gayest day in Irish history’, after a rainbow shone over Cork.

But it was not just the rainbow prompting this tweet – it was the rainbow shining on the day of a decisive Yes vote in the referendum and the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna tonight.

Yes vote, Eurovision is on, Actual rainbow over Cork, This is now officially the gayest day in Irish history pic.twitter.com/wVtnEfWvTU
— Gav (@miracleofsound) May 23, 2015

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for Ireland! They have done what we haven't........or couldn't. n/t

[bigtree]

2. devastating point, CP

...hooray for Ireland!

My admiration for their country and people has grown (as if that was possible).

[madfloridian]

7. My first thought on seeing these lovely pictures and thoughts...

I wonder what the world must think of folks like the very hypocritical Duggar boy named Josh. Ireland is setting a good example for the world. Proud most of my ancestors came here from there.

[Arugula Latte]

17. It's even more admirable because the Catholic Church has had the Irish in a death grip until

relatively recently.

Kudos to the the Irish for throwing off the shackles of repressive religion!

[Martin Eden]

3. “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

And it's shining over Dublin now!!!

[AtomicKitten]

4. The cosmic universe approves!

[monmouth4]

5. T'is a grand thing.. n/t.....

[sabrina 1]

6. Beautiful!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Found the perfect cake for this...

http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/03/16/leprechaun-trap-cake/

[Warpy]

9. I imagine there is deep mourning

in all the bishop's mansions across the country.

Good.

[hunter]

13. I'm sure it reaches to the Vatican...

Good.

[Warpy]

14. I also admit I'm pleasantly surprised

since all the people I know over there said it was far too close to call because the rural parts of Ireland were so conservative. I told them it was the same all over, which is why this country looks so nuts to the rest of the world. Late last night when I read that urban turnout was 60-70% and rural turnout was 50% I dared to hope.

I'm always delighted to see civil rights for all of us advance. I admit I'm also delighted to see the Vatican defeated.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. Only in the US are people convinced there are just as many urban as rural voters....

If that were true there would be no need to gerrymander.

[Arugula Latte]

18. Aww. Pope Awesome probably haz a sad.

Boo hoo!

[WillyT]

10. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[CrispyQ]

11. Perfect!

And a double rainbow, to boot!

[Thespian2]

12. How special is that!!!!

The majority of the Irish people have stated that marriage is about constitutional rights...not about religion...all about treating people equally...

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[Cha]

19. Wow! What a beautiful celestial sign!

Thousands gather in Dublin Castle to hear the declaration of the same-sex marriage referendum
RTÉ News
✔ ‎@rtenews
More people voted in the same sex marriage referendum than in any other since the foundation of the State http://bit.ly/1PCAiOj
8:25 AM - 23 May 2015

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/23/i-want-to-leave-ireland-better-than-i-found-it/

Mahalo bigtree!

[KittyWampus]

20. Kick