By Claire Howorth and Olivia B. Waxman
Before Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday, TIME asked the Irish actor Chris O’Dowd how he thought the country would vote in the historic referendum. “I think it’ll pass pretty easily, which is great,” he replied.
He also said that if same-sex marriage was approved, then “it’s a sign that Ireland is progressing with the rest of the world and is escaping the clutches of the Catholic Church, finally.”
Read the rest of the interview in the May 18, 2015 issue of TIME.
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Write to Olivia B. Waxman at olivia.waxman@time.com