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No allowances for conscience in French ‘gay marriage’ bill: French Justice Minister

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Rita and John's Marriage Certificate (Photo credit: mary hodder ) PARIS, September 12, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – There will be no allowances made for conscientious or religious objection in upcoming French legislation instituting “gay marriage,” the French minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira , revealed in an interview today. Speaking to the mainstream Catholic daily  La Croix , Taubira gave the broad outlines of the same-sex “marriage” bill to be presented by the government by the end of October. That Taubira chose the quasi-official newspaper of the French Catholic bishops conference is being seen as a strategic move to head off Catholic and other religious objections. She acknowledged in the interview that the change would constitute a “societal and legal revolution.” The socialist Hollande government, elected in May, is wasting no time fulfilling its promise to bring the legislation forward. Most observers expected that the bill would not be introduced before...