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French president says ‘no’ to homosexual ‘marriage’ and adoption, euthanasia

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February 9, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy , who has been under pressure from socialist opponents to weaken his stance on human life and family issues, says he is not budging. In a recent interview with the conservative magazine Le Figaro , Sarkozy reaffirmed his conservative stances on a variety of social and economic issues. In contrast to his principal opponent in the upcoming presidential elections, socialist François Hollande , Sarkozy told Le Figaro that he is “not favorable” to homosexual “marriage,” because it “opens the door to adoption.” French President Nicholas Sarkozy “In troubled times, when our society needs to keep its bearings, I don’t think that it is necessary to blur the image of this essential social institution that is marriage,” said Sarkozy. Although Sarkozy said that he supports strengthening certain legal rights for homosexuals, including inheritance rights, he opposes the creation of “civil unions” because the would “tend to h...

Number of French parliamentarians opposing gay ‘marriage’/adoption reaches 115

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Image via Wikipedia January 26, 2012 ( LifeSIteNews.com ) - The number of French parliamentarians that have added their names to a list of those opposing homosexual “ marriage ” and adoption has now reached 115, according to the French magazine Liberation. The petition was begun in response to a new initiative by French socialists, who are promising voters to institute homosexual “marriage” if they are chosen in the upcoming presidential elections. The parliamentarians in opposition come from the three political parties that make up the coalition supporting President Nicolas Sarkozy : the Union for a Popular Movement , the New Center , and the Movement for France . The declaration favors “the defense of the fundamental right of a child the be cared for and to develop within a family composed of a father and a mother.” Although the number of signatories to the declaration has increased from only 82 earlier this month, it has a long way to go to reach the same count that a similar de...