World’s first homosexual marriage took place in Ireland. Europe (except Greece) compared to Canada and the US seems to be more sensitive towards homosexuals. This legal marriage took place in 2001 when 2 lesbian and 6 gay grooms got married. It was a historical event because it was the first of its kind. Before that same-sex partners were allowed to have civil union in Ireland since 1998. Homosexual marriage is still a very heated debate in Canada and in the US it is mostly a big taboo. The rights to homosexual marriage in Ireland was passed in a very controversial way as all the Christian parties opposed it. It is very funny how only the political religious folks seem to be against equality. You see I am distinguishing normal religious folks from the political ones. I have seen devout religious people being very respective to other cultures. Usually it’s the religious political people who are a bunch of bigots. When it came to equal rights for blacks they were the ones to oppose it the most. They are the ones who hate the Muslims & other minorities more. Anyways, hopefully the couples are doing good.