French parliament debates gay marriage law
- Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 10.44
- Online news: World
France's prime minister on Tuesday predicted that gay marriage will quickly be accepted by a country that has spent months embroiled in rancorous debate between supporters and opponents of the rights of same sex couples to wed and adopt children.
Members of "Les Soeurs de la Perpetuelle Indulgence" (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) walk in the streets near the French National Assembly in Paris on January 29, 2013. France's prime minister on Tuesday predicted that gay marriage will quickly be accepted by a country that has spent months embroiled in rancorous debate.
As legislation to that effect was presented to parliament, bridges throughout Paris were bedecked with banners proclaiming opposition to the Socialist government's draft law.
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