愛爾蘭公投後,第一對同性戀人正式成婚!

Richard Dowling and Cormac Gollogly have been together for 12 years, engaged for five, and on Tuesday were finally able to marry when they became the first gay couple to wed in Ireland following a landmark referendum.

理查德·道林和科馬克·格勞格里在一起12年，訂婚已有5年。在一次具有里程碑意義的全民公投之後，兩人終於在本週二成婚，成爲第一對在愛爾蘭結婚的同性戀人。

Ireland in May became the first country to adopt gay marriage via a popular vote. The backing of the measure by 62 percent of voters signalled a major change in what was once a strongly Catholic and socially conservative society.

愛爾蘭於今年五月進行了直接投票，成爲第一個通過直接投票方式確定同性婚姻合法的國家。愛爾蘭曾經是天主教氛圍濃厚、社會風氣保守的國家，而這一舉措的支持者佔62%，標誌着其社會的重大改變。

After an unsuccessful legal challenge delayed the first weddings, Ireland officially recognised same-sex marriages starting this week, and the couple tied the knot in the southern town of Clonmel early on Tuesday morning.

對法律挑戰的失敗使得這對新人的第一次婚禮被迫延遲，之後，愛爾蘭官方承認同性婚期自本週起有效，這對戀人已於週二清晨在愛爾蘭南方城鎮克朗梅爾結婚了。

"We are really delighted to be able to do it. Having a full marriage was important to us so now we can relax and get old together," Dowling, 35, told the Irish Times who posted a video of the couple exchanging their vows on its website.

《愛爾蘭時報》將二人交換誓言的視頻發佈到了網站上。“能結婚真是太開心了。對於我們來說，擁有一個完整的婚姻十分重要，而現在我們可以鬆一口氣，白頭偕老了，”35歲的道林對《愛爾蘭時報》如此說道。

Mary-Claire Heffernan, the wedding registrar who pronounced the newly weds husband and husband, said they were the first same-sex marriage couple to be married in Ireland.

婚禮登記員瑪麗-克萊爾·赫弗南宣佈兩位新婚者互爲丈夫，並稱他們是第一對在愛爾蘭結婚的同性戀人。

Ireland's "Yes" vote in May has had a profound effect on the country's gay community with couples holding hands now a common sight in Dublin while gay politicians have become national celebrities.

愛爾蘭這次公投的通過對於該國同性戀羣體有着深遠影響，在都柏林，手牽手的同性戀人現在很常見，同性戀政客亦可以成爲國家名人。

Ireland followed several Western European countries including Britain, France and Spain in allowing gay marriage, which is also legal in South Africa, Brazil, Canada and the United States, while homosexuality remains taboo and often illegal in many parts of Africa and Asia.

包括英國、法國和西班牙在內的一些西歐國家已經承認同性戀婚姻，愛爾蘭緊隨其後。同性戀婚姻在南非、巴西、加拿大和美國同樣合法，但在非洲和亞洲的大部分地區卻仍是禁忌且不合法。