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French National Assembly votes to redefine marriage

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PARIS , February 4, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The French National Assembly voted to redefine marriage on Saturday by a large majority vote of 249-97. Observers believe the vote means the traditionally, but now nominally Catholic country will legalize same-sex nuptials. The vote ignores an estimated  one million people who marched in the streets last month  to support natural marriage. Socialist President Francois Hollande is an outspoken supporter of same-sex “marriage” and has pledged to sign the bill if it passes the Senate which is expected to easily happen because of Hollande's strong support for the measure. The bill also includes a measure permitting homosexuals to adopt children. Debate on the measure is expected to continue for several more days before the Senate vote takes place. When passed, the legislation will make France the ninth EU nation to redefine marriage to include same-sex spouses. How sin and evil spreads through foolish politicans who ra

Pro-gay ‘marriage’ march in France eclipsed by much larger traditional marriage rally

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January 31, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - An estimated 120,000 people, according to the police, demonstrated in Paris on Sunday afternoon in support of government plans to legalize same-sex “marriage” and abortion. Organizers of the event – LGBT associations, “homoparental” family unions, trade unions, high school unions and the socialist, communist, leftwing and green parties – claim 400,000 people took to the streets in the sunny winter weather. If police numbers are correct that would indicate as many as ten times the number of people took part in t he demonstration against homosexual “marriage”  earlier this month. According to some estimates more than a million people participated in the marches opposing gay “marriage.” Given that Sunday’s event was a response to that enormous show of force, it would appear the defenders of “pro-true marriage” won hands down.  Pro-gay “marriage” campaigners clearly anticipated their loss. On Saturday, homosexualist leaders were already

Estimated 1 million+ march in Paris against gay ‘marriage’ plans

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January 14, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A million. And more. The turnout for this Sunday’s demonstration against French President François Hollande ’s move to legalize same-sex “marriage” reached gigantic and even un-hoped for proportions. Paris was covered with blue, white and pink flags marking grassroot France’s opposition to the unthinkable, as three apparently endless distinct marches converged at the foot of the Eiffel tower . The triple itinerary was mandated by the Parisian police, and was seen by many as an attempt by the minister of the Interior to weaken the event visually by dividing its forces. It turned out to be a Godsend. The first demonstrators started leaving the three departure points an hour before intended, at noon, but even so, the last marchers didn't start until 4 p.m. Thousands upon thousands of people slowly covered the three to four mile-long routes, stopping and going as if in a traffic jam because of their sheer numbers. At half past two,

French government warns Catholic schools to stay ‘neutral’ on homosexual ‘marriage’

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January 7, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - As French Catholics prepare to mobilize on January 13 for a national march against the creation of homosexual “ marriage ,” the country’s education minister is warning Catholic schools against participating, claiming that it could cause “homophobia” against homosexual students. National Education Minister Vincent Peillon has written a letter to all of the country’s 8,300 Catholic school principals, claiming that they have the responsibility to maintain “neutrality” regarding the debate over homosexual “marriage” in their institutions, according to reports by Le Monde and the French Press Agency. Education Minister Vincent Peillon “It is your responsibility in effect to ensure that the debates that are occurring in French society not be expressed, in the schools and establishments, by the phenomena of rejection and homophobic stigmatization,” wrote Peillon. “I call you to the greatest vigilance regarding the conditions of the legi

The French do not want homosexual marriage

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Français : Francois Hollande - Mardis de l'ESSEC (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Francois Hollande , the ultra-liberal, socialist President of France swept into power last May, promising — among many other things — a swift passage of same-sex marriage and adoption legislation. But the people of France had other ideas. You see, the French people know in their bones that every child deserves a mother and father. And so they've taken to the streets — hundreds of thousands of them! I firmly believe we need more of this kind of flesh-and-blood activism here in America . After all, we know we are the silent pro-marriage majority ... but do our friends, family and neighbors know we exist? I'm a proud son of America, but I believe we need to take a page out of the French playbook so that our fellow pro-marriage Americans can be inspired to rise up and take to the streets in defense of marriage, children and family. The pro-marriage movement in France is passionate,

Organizers of French traditional marriage march expect crowds of up to 350,000

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December 17, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Organizers of the first nationwide demonstration against same-sex “marriage” in Paris on January 13th say they hope to bring together over 350,000 people. If they succeed, it would make the event one of the most important rallies in the French capital since a giant march in favor of freedom of education in 1984 mobilized over a million people. But controversy has broken out in more traditional quarters against the general tone of the “Manif pour tous,” the “demonstration for all.” “Marriage for all” is the slogan French president François Hollande is using to promote the draft same-sex “marriage” law. With a view to countering media hostility, the demonstration’s leading organizer, humorist and night-bird Frigide Barjot is seeking to tone down any religious or political aspects of the event. She has asked all comers to dress casually in blue, white and pink so as not to appear like traditional Catholic families. All slogans, banners

Pro-family rallies in France: unexpectedly massive and wildly successful…but a little odd

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November 19, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A series of demonstrations against same-sex “marriage” and adoption in Paris and other major French cities met with an unexpected huge success over the weekend. Over 200,000 thousand people rallied on Saturday afternoon on the Place Denfert-Rochereau to march towards the Invalides, forcing the mainstream media to take notice and cover the event. The Paris metro was disrupted by the sheer number of people, young and old, alone or with their family, who converged on the meeting point. Walking from the head of the march to the rear was quite impossible as waves of tightly packed groups of demonstrators started walking, leaving a bit of space for the thousands who kept pouring onto the Place. No one, least of all François Hollande and his government, which has approved the draft law on “marriage for all” for discussion in Parliament on January 14th, had foreseen such popular interest. Gay “marriage,” the mainstream media like to lecture,

Hundreds of thousands rally against gay ‘marriage’ in France

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FRANCE , November 19, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Hundreds of thousands of traditional marriage supporters demonstrated against same-sex “marriage” in France over the weekend. On Saturday, a nationwide rally drew an estimated 200,000 protesters in Paris according to organizers, with tens of thousands more attending rallies throughout the country. Almost 30,000 traditional marriage supporters demonstrated in the city of Lyon , according to a Reuters report. Police there reported that 40 counter-protesters were arrested after they attempted to disrupt the rally. Hundreds of thousands showed up to rally in defense of marriage. Police in Toulouse reported that tear gas was used to break up a group of homosexual activists who tried to interfere with the gathering of five thousand traditional marriage supporters. Le Parisien  reports that between 6,000 and 8,000 people demonstrated in Marseille, proving that, as  one blogger quipped, “there are more than just drug dealers in th

Paris cardinal and Socialist government go head-to-head on gay ‘marriage’

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PARIS, November 12, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The cardinal archbishop of Paris has pledged that he and other Catholics of France will oppose the Socialist government ’s plans to rewrite the marriage law. Speaking to fellow bishops at a meeting at the shrine of Lourdes last week, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois said, “When we defend the right of children to build their personality with reference to the man and the woman who gave them life, we are not defending a particular position.” “We are recognising what is expressed by the practices and the wisdom of all the peoples since the beginning of time and which modern specialists confirm.” Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois. He said same-sex “marriage” would harm the equilibrium of French society and of children: “It will not be ‘marriage for all’,” he said, citing the government’s slogan, “it will be the marriage of a few imposed on all.” The cardinal urged the government to focus on urgent economic matters that matter to the peo