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    France gets gay marriage green light

    Australian marriage equality advocates say French lawmakers have shown true leadership against violent opposition after France became the 14th country to allow same-sex marriage overnight despite months of divisive protests. The National Assembly, the Parliament’s Lower House...

    • Posted 26 days ago
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    French Senate passes gay marriage bill

    The French Senate has approved Section 1 of a marriage equality bill – which removes the requirement of different genders as a condition of the right to marry - in a vote of 179 to 157 after more than...

    • Posted 40 days ago
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    French MPs pass marriage bill

    French Lower House MPs have approved a marriage equality bill to legalise same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt, just a week after the British House of Commons passed its own gay marriage bill. The French...

    • Posted 96 days ago
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    French marriage vote impact

    Australian gay marriage advocates have welcomed an overwhelming vote by the French Parliament in favour of marriage equality, saying it may result in the first same-sex marriages in Australia’s region of the world. “The overwhelming vote allowing...

    • Posted 102 days ago
  • France moves towards equality

    France is closer than ever to marriage equality after lawmakers voted to remove gender-specific language from the legal definition of marriage. The National Assembly, France’s Lower House, is currently debating Bill 344, which would legalise same-sex marriage...

    • Posted 105 days ago
  • Thousands protest gay rights in Paris

    Recent moves in France to introduce legislation to allow same-sex marriage and equal adoption rights for gay couples saw tens of thousands of the conservative French public rally last weekend to protest what they see as an...

    • Posted 123 days ago
  • Politically engaged: a year of marriage

    Despite incredible momentum domestically following on from last year’s historic ALP National Conference, which saw the party add marriage equality to its policy platform, 2012 was undoubtedly a disappointing year for advocates of marriage reform. A Galaxy poll...

    • Posted 158 days ago
  • Decriminalise homosexuality: Hollande

    French President François Hollande made a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week calling on the UN to reject the criminalisation of homosexuality around the world. Hollande said that France would lead...

    • Posted 229 days ago
  • Marriage plan details

    The French government has detailed its plans on introducing marriage equality and adoption rights for same-sex couples in the country. Justice Minister Christiane Taubira told France’s La Croix Catholic newspaper that a draft bill that would “extend...

    • Posted 242 days ago
  • National prayer against gay marriage

    The French Catholic Church will this week hold a national “prayer for France” opposing same-sex marriage reforms planned by the country’s new Socialist government. Reuters reports that the prayer, which will read out in churches on August...

    • Posted 279 days ago
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