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| Subject: Mystic collectivists to rally against gay marriage in France Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:11 pm | |
| The BBC's Hugh Schofield said the organisers did not want to be seen as homophobic
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Paris over plans to give gay couples in France the right to marry and adopt children.
Three big marches converged on the Champs de Mars, a large park next to the Eiffel Tower.
France's Socialist government is planning to change the law this year.
But the demonstrators, backed by the Catholic Church and the right-wing opposition, argue it would undermine an essential building block of society.
The organisers put the number of marchers at 800,000, with demonstrators pouring into Paris by train and bus, carrying placards that read, "We don't want your law, Francois" and "Don't touch my civil code".
Police said the figure was closer to 340,000 and one government minister said the turnout was lower than the organisers had predicted. A similar march in November attracted around 100,000 people.
The "Demo for all" event was being led by a charismatic comedian known as Frigide Barjot, who tweeted that the "crowd is immense" and told French TV that gay marriage "makes no sense" because a child should be born to a man and woman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21004322#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
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| Subject: Re: Mystic collectivists to rally against gay marriage in France Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:31 pm | |
| Whatever happened to their leftist "Liberté, égalité, fraternité?"
And what about hermaphrodites? Are they to be left, sitting on the fence?
OUCH! |
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