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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-nun says yes to wedding proposal (Ireland)
Belfast Telegraph:A former nun has said yes to a new wedding proposal from her partner.
Ann Louise Gilligan accepted the impromptu offer from Katherine Zappone, a senator in the Irish parliament, after she popped the question during a live television interview.
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The couple married in Canada in 2003 and went on to fight a series of unsuccessful legal battles in the Irish courts to have their union officially recognised by the state.
In front of hundreds of cheering well-wishers Ms Zappone asked her partner to re-marry her as she revealed her feelings on the momentous vote.
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Ex-nun says yes to wedding proposal (Ireland) (Original Post)
brooklynite
May 2015
OP
Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2015
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. OMG squee
haikugal
(6,476 posts)2. Ahhhh good for them! Good for Ireland!
tblue37
(65,488 posts)3. Kick and fifth rec--to the greatest page. nt
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)4. It's None too soon!
Pun definitely intended.
I wish them happiness.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)5. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? N.T.