Ireland Has Voted Overwhelmingly to Ease Its Divorce Laws
Ireland overwhelmingly voted in favor of relaxing the divorce bill
① The Republic of Ireland has voted to relax restrictions on divorce laws by an overwhelming majority, in the latest move to liberalize a constitution heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic Church.
Republic of Ireland held a referendum, the vast majority of voters supported relaxing the restrictions divorce bill, which is heavily influenced by the constitutional doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, and the referendum is the latest move to deregulation of the Constitution.
② A referendum held last week saw 82.1% of voters supporting the change, which removes a clause requiring couples to have been separated for four of the previous five years in order to get a divorce.
In a referendum held in the last week, 82.1% of voters support the change, to remove this provision from the Constitution, which stipulates that the couple filed for divorce must be separated for four years before being dissolution of marriage in the previous five years.
③ A new timeframe will be decided on by the Oireachtas, or the Irish parliament. The government has previously expressed the view that a two-year separation is enough.
Ireland said the Irish Parliament or Congress, will develop a new timetable, before this, the Government has expressed two years of separation have enough opinions.
④ The country’s Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, tweeted that the results represent “very positive news” and that he will move quickly with the legislation to “reduce upset and trauma on couples and children” trapped in failed marriages.
Irish Minister for Justice and Equality Sector Charlie Flanagan tweeted that this referendum results represent a "very positive news" and that he will use the new rules to make quick action to defeat the morass of "husband and wife and children caught marriage - without the hassle and ease my pain. "
⑤ While Ireland’s main political parties are in favor of easing regulations that would make filing for a divorce easier, Catholic pressure groups have maintained their opposition, stating that separation causes disruption to children’s lives and that the government should instead invest resources into “what makes marriages work.”
Ireland's major political parties support the relaxation of divorce laws make divorce easier these, however, Catholic pressure groups insist their opposition, claiming parental separation affects children's lives, the government should invest more resources "research method to make a successful marriage."
⑥ Divorce was legalized relatively recently in the predominantly Catholic country — in 1995 — after a vote passed by a margin of less than one percent. But the country is seeing signs of moving towards more liberal policies.
Irish legislation in divorce relatively late, not until 1195 was less than 1% of the vote of the referendum, the Catholic country to complete the legalization of divorce. But in recent years there have been many signs of the country's policy shift from the traditional open.
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