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Funny you should mention Ireland, where a marriage equality referendum is expected to pass next year[0][1], and South America, population ~385.7 million, where

Funny you should mention Ireland, where a marriage equality referendum is expected to pass next year[0][1], and South America, population ~385.7 million, where Brazil[2], Argentina[3], and Uruguay[4], constituting ~246 million (or ~64% of South America), have marriage equality. And hey, as long as we're talking Catholic... Belgium was the second country in the world to gain equality, and Spain and Portugal both have it, too. Mexico is almost there in practice -- same-sex marriages are recognized nationwide, though they can currently only be performed in certain jurisdictions. [0] http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1105/484662-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1105/484662-same-sex-marriage/ [1] http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/poll-73-of-public-back-allowing-same-sex-marriage-in-constitution-184849.html http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/poll-73-of-public-back-... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Brazil [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Argentina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Argentina [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Uruguay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Uruguay

sentenza 13y ago
Wow this is surprising, I honestly didn't know that. My first hand knowledge is limited to Spain, which is very relaxed about these things and to Poland, where the situation is rather bad. My assumption was that in countries where the catholic church has some sway, homophobia would be rampant (wrongfully extrapolating from Poland and the stance of the Vatican). Should have checked Wikipedia. Sigh. It seems that, given this map [1], the acceptance of homosexuality is more correlated with wealth and general openness of society. Ireland surprises me, though. Abortion is still illegal there for mainly religious reasons, right? So let's hope they fix that too. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_homosexuality_laws.s... PS: While I was obviously quite off regarding my comment about Catholicism, the general problem still exists: Mozilla has offices in countries where the persecution of homosexuality is common.

sentenza 13y ago

Wow this is surprising, I honestly didn't know that. My first hand knowledge is limited to Spain, which is very relaxed about these things and to Poland, where the situation is rather bad. My assumption was that in countries where the catholic church has some sway, homophobia would be rampant (wrongfully extrapolating from Poland and the stance of the Vatican). Should have checked Wikipedia. Sigh. It seems that, given this map [1], the acceptance of homosexuality is more correlated with wealth and general openness of society. Ireland surprises me, though. Abortion is still illegal there for mainly religious reasons, right? So let's hope they fix that too. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_homosexuality_laws.s... PS: While I was obviously quite off regarding my comment about Catholicism, the general problem still exists: Mozilla has offices in countries where the persecution of homosexuality is common.