"how has this changed things utterly?"
You reall don't get it do you - or you choose to ignore it!
This vote has broken the stranglehold of the church - hopefully it will no longer have the controlling say on fundamental questions on which it has no expertise and no consensus of support.
It is true that homosexuals still have a long way to overcome bigotry such as that expressed in virtually all your postings on the subject, in order to win full recognition as human beings, but the removal of the church from the equation is a major step.
By the way, the link between celibacy and homosexuality has long been dismissed and that of clerical abuse and homosexuality has never been an issue (just as same-gender sex in prisons has never been regarded as homosexuality)
"Joe and I, are both celebrating the result."
Apparently, little more than lip service, particularly in your case.
Joe equated homosexuality with Neo-Nazism, and you with paedophelia and incest.
Despite your claims to the contrary, on the discussions both of the bakery being found guilty of bigotry and on the referendum result, you have shown your opposition to gay marriage and to homosexuality in general.
Sorry - go read what you have written in full.
Jim Carroll