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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 ...

French socialists in retreat as religious leaders, conservatives rally against homosexual ‘marriage’

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November 6, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - When Francois Hollande and France ’s socialist parties swept into power in May of this year, the passage of homosexual “marriage” and other anti-life and anti-family measures appeared to be inevitable. However, only months later Hollande and his allies are on the defensive against a surprisingly broad groundswell of opposition to his plans, led by André Vingt-Trois, the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris . Vingt-Trois, as well as Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim leaders, have vociferously expressed their opposition to the proposed measure, and have been joined by conservative politicians and pro-life activists, who staged an attention-grabbing protest on October 23. Larger protests are scheduled for the 17th and 18th of this month. The result has been a dramatic shift in public opinion, which polls had consistently shown to favor homosexual “marriage” and adoption.  According to a recent poll by IFOP commissioned by Le Figaro magazine , oppo...

Archbishop of Paris denounces decline of life and family values in interview on new book

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Image via Wikipedia January 20, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Paris Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois said that homosexual “marriage” is “a terrible service to render to society” in an interview on his new book criticizing modern social trends, “What society do we want?” ( Quelle societé volons-nous?”). Vingt-Trois has taken a more aggressive stand against the breakdown of public morals since receiving criticism for his defense of a play that desecrated an image of Jesus , produced in France in October. In December, he denounced a similar play and scheduled a prayer vigil in opposition. According to the French Press Agency ( AFP ), Vingt-Trois discussed attacks on the family, the manipulation of embryos, and homosexual marriage in a recent interview on the RTL radio network. Now the archbishop is speaking out against a variety of moral transgressions that are increasingly tolerated or even endorsed in modern society, as he discusses his new book. “ Young people today do not have even ...