Monday, May 18, 2015

Ireland Expected to OK Gay Marriage This Week; Poll Shows Voters Will Approve It Easily May 22

Irish voters are set to back the introduction of gay marriage by a margin of more than two-to-one this week and become the first country to approve the policy in a national plebiscite, according to a new poll, the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website reports today (May 18, 2015).

The "Irish Times" poll of 1,200 voters on May 16 showed 58 percent planned to vote in favor of the measure -- which has the support of all the main political parties -- compared to 25 percent against and 17 percent undecided.

The plebiscite will be held this Friday, May 22nd.

The advantage of the Yes side has slipped, however, to 33 percentage points from 41 since the last poll two months ago.

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