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Ireland's First Gay Presidential Candidate Drops Out


 Ireland's First  
 Gay Presidential 
 Candidate 
 Drops Out 
EX-PARTNER'S RAPE SCANDAL

Ireland's First Gay Presidential Candidate Drops Out

David Norris was leading polls before scandal ruined candidacy

(Newser) - The leading candidate in Ireland's presidential race—the openly gay David Norris—is stepping down, after it was revealed he wrote a letter asking for clemency for his former partner who was on trial for the statutory rape of a 15-year-old boy, reports the Guardian . The 67-year-old Norris would...

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