French govt’ to bring in ‘gay marriage’ bill by October
PARIS , August 29, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said at a meeting of the French Socialist party on Saturday that he will introduce a bill to create same-sex “marriage” in October. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was expanding on the promises by the new President, François Hollande , made during the Gay Pride festivities in July . Jean-Marc Ayrault Ayrault confirmed that the law would include provisions allowing same-sex “married” couples to adopt children. Lawmakers are set to go forward despite opposition from the Catholic Church and the country’s sizable Muslim minority , as well as a decision by France’s Constitutional Council in 2011 that the country’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman is valid under the French constitution . The Constitutional Court said that it could not usurp the role of lawmakers in parliament. Later the same year the National Assembly rejected by a margin of 293 to 222 a bill