Now that the referendum in Ireland is over, and the great battle won, I want to tell you about something I learned from that campaign, that I believe can help progressives win the next election.
And that is the way the Yes side motivated and mobilized young voters.
And how they used social media to maximum effect to get their message out.
It's a great day to be Irish. A great day for human equality, a day when love defeated hate.
Ireland became the first country in the world to adopt same-sex marriage by popular vote as 62 per cent of the electorate backed a referendum, official results showed on Saturday.
Somewhere the spirit of its gentle poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, who was broken by bigotry, must be smiling.
As are so many gay people...
