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Voters in Ireland have rejected two referendums to change their constitution’s wording on the makeup of families and a mother’s “duties in the home.” The votes were still being counted Saturday, but the results were lopsided enough that the government, which had proposed the measures, conceded defeat, the BBC reports. “Clearly we got it wrong,” Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said at Dublin Castle, per the AP, adding that voters had given the government “two wallops.” He’d scheduled the election for International Women’s Day, anticipating the event would boost support. But that might have backfire…

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