| Author (Corporate) | France24 |
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| Series Title | France24 |
| Series Details | 12.02.13 |
| Publication Date | 12/02/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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France's National Assembly (lower house) approved the government’s controversial ‘marriage for all’ bill in a final vote on the 12 February 2013 after months of fierce debate. The law was President François Hollande’s first major social reform. Thousands gathered in Paris on the 24 March 2013 to protest against the controversial bill to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption. France's Senate (upper house) held a debate and passed a key article of the bill on the 9 April 2013. Opinion polls suggested a majority of French people still supported gay marriage but numbers had fallen in 2013. Police estimated that 45,000 people attended the last big rally against same-sex marriage and adoption in Paris on the 21 April 2013 before the bill was expected to become law on the 23 April 2013. |
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| Source Link | http://www.france24.com/en/20130212-france-parliament-approves-landmark-gay-marriage-bill |
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| Countries / Regions | France |
