Congratulations Ireland
for becoming the first country
to make same-sex marriage legal
by way of popular vote
with a final tally
of 37.9 percent No
to 62.1 percent Yes.
Just like the US
(and in other ways not)
Ireland has its unfair share
of stymiers of social progress
but if God proclaims on high
His approval
of referendums passed
in the name of equality
that should convince anyone
except those
who have come around
to liking sun and rain
and appreciating everything
about them as individuals
but still get squicked out
about rainbows.
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
