Bravo to the Irish for bringing their country into the 21st Century. The winds of change may blow too strong for some but we all need to recognise the rights of every individual regardless of race gender or sexual orientation. What is becoming clear is that by describing this as a defeat for humanity the Vatican is proving that the Catholic church is becoming an irrelevance in the more affluent west. The majority now clearly ignore their teachings on pre marital sex contraception abortion and same sex marriage.