France parliament approves gay marriage, Francois Hollande government committed suicide.
After a fractious and sometimes violent public debate, MPs voted by 331 to 225 in favour of the measure, which also allows gay couples to adopt children.
Minutes before the historic vote, a protester dressed in pink – the colour adopted by those opposed to the measure – was forcibly removed from the chamber.
President Francois Hollande made changing the law an electoral priority, much to the anger of religious groups. Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders in France all opposed the legislation.
They formed a loose protest coalition with the fractured UMP conservative opposition party, which had been languishing in the polls after Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the 2012 elections.
But French polls revealed a gradual shift in public opinion. In a recent survey 58% said they supported same-sex marriage, while 53% opposed adoption by gay parents.
The debate has led to violent clashes on the streets of France, which organisers of the opposition coalition blamed on far-right extremists infiltrating their marches.
A threatening letter was even sent to the speaker of the Assemblee Nationale which contained traces of gunpowder and the message: “You wanted war and you’ve got it.”
Human rights groups say the language of the movement, known as “A Protest For Everyone” has been so toxic it has led to a spike in homophobic attacks.
A Dutch man was attacked by a gang as he walked with his male partner in Paris, while gay bars in Lille and Bordeaux were targeted by skinhead gangs.
Despite the vote there are two hurdles to overcome before the measure can be passed into law.
Its legality has to be reviewed by a constitutional court before it can be signed by Mr Hollande.
France becomes the latest country to approve marriage for everyone, after New Zealand and Uruguay.
A bill in the United Kingdom is progressing through Parliament. It won overwhelming support in a free vote in the House of Commons and now moves to the report stage and a third reading.
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Same-sex marriage is an injustice, a tyrannical ploy being perpetrated upon our society, the pernicious consequences of which are simply mocked and laughed at by its supporters. Ignorance and prejudice have taken the place of knowledge and reason. Caprice and passion substituted for prudence and virtue. The happiness of society, the good of all families, and the welfare of mankind fall victim to the injustice of selfish adult love, which calculates every thing for itself, while taking no notice of a child’s best interest or the public advantage of a government promoting ONLY the traditional family unit.
Same-sex marriage is antithetical to the Rule of Law, for the principle object of laws in general is to correct bad inclinations, to prevent vicious habits, to hinder their effects, and to eradicate the passions; or at least to contain them within proper limits. Same-sex marriage makes an implicit statement that mothers and fathers are interchangeable, and that sex is irrelevant to parenting. Once same-sex marriage becomes legally and socially acceptable, more women will decide to raise children together. Teen aged boys without fathers are at risk for juvenile delinquency, violence, criminal activity, gang membership, and incarceration. Teen aged girls without fathers are at risk for early sexual activity, multiple sex partners, out of wedlock pregnancies, and sexually transmitted disease.
Same-sex marriage is perfectly contrary to the principle of marriage, having more resemblance to divorce and adultery, same-sex marriage purposely separates a child from at least one biological parent, thereby creating broken homes, not as a matter of extraordinary circumstances, but as routine. Same-sex marriage proponents callously ignore a child’s Natural Right to know, and be raised by, both biological parents, and make the most preposterous and pretentious claim that marriage was instituted by civil society primarily for the benefit of any two loving adults. Take away Natural Laws, and that moral tie which supports justice and honesty in a whole nation and establishes also particular duties in families, or in other relations of life; and man becomes the most savage and ferocious of all animals,licentiousness becomes the consequence of independence.
After what has been said, let us be satisfied with observing, that the fitness in favor of the sanction of traditional marriage, is so much stronger and more pressing, as same-sex marriage throws into the system of humanity an obscurity and confusion, which borders on very much upon the absurd, if it does not come quite close up to it. There is, certainly, no comparison between traditional marriage and same-sex marriage, in respect to beauty and fitness; the first is a work of the most perfect reason; the second is defective, and provides no manner of remedy against a great many disorders. Now even this alone points out sufficiently on which side the truth lies, and to reject this truth leads us insensibly to a kind of pyrrhonism, which would also be a subversion of the Rule of Law and social order.
Here are two truths regarding marriage: (1) A man creating a family with another man is not equal to creating a family with a woman, and (2) denying children parents of both genders at home is an objective evil. Kids need and yearn for both.