Gay Lawmaker, Leo Varadkar, Is in Line to Be Ireland’s Prime Minister

By artappraiser on Sat, 06/03/2017 - 8:53pm |

DUBLIN — A gay son of an Indian immigrant is now all but certain to become the next prime minister of Ireland, a country that has rapidly been leaving its conservative Roman Catholic social traditions behind.

Leo Varadkar, who was chosen on Friday by the Fine Gael party to be its leader, and therefore the head of the center-right governing coalition, will be the first openly gay taoiseach (as Ireland’s prime minister is called), and, at 38, the youngest. He succeeds Enda Kenny, who is stepping down [....]

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/world/europe/leo-varadkar-ireland-prime-minister.html