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Irish Voters Decide Whether To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

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    A man walks past billboard posters promoting the Yes campaign in favor of same-sex marriage on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. Voters in the Republic of Ireland are taking part in a referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday. The referendum is being held 22 years after Ireland decriminalized homosexuality with more than 3.2 million people being asked whether they want to amend the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
    A man walks past billboard posters promoting the Yes campaign in favor of same-sex marriage on May 22, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. Voters in the Republic of Ireland are taking part in a referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday. The referendum is being held 22 years after Ireland decriminalized homosexuality with more than 3.2 million people being asked whether they want to amend the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

    Ireland is holding a referendum on same-sex marriage Friday. Voters will decide whether they should change the constitution's definition of marriage to that without the distinction of sex.

    The change is expected to pass with more than two-thirds support, which may come as a surprise, since it was only 1993 when homosexuality was decriminalized.

    Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Martina Fitzgerald of the Irish broadcaster RTÉ for the latest.

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    This segment aired on May 22, 2015.

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