{"id":5892,"date":"2013-05-18T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2013-05-18T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T12:45:57","slug":"2013may18france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013may18france\/","title":{"rendered":"French Legalise &#8216;Gay Marriage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5893\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5893\" alt=\"Francois Hollande has signed the Bill into law\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande-600x846.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hollande.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francois Hollande<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>France&#8217;s president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the ninth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-22579093\" target=\"_blank\">reports the BBC<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the opposition, clearing the way for Francois Hollande to sign the bill.<\/p>\n<p>The deeply unpopular Hollande said: &#8220;I have taken [the decision]; now it is time to respect the law of the Republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first &#8216;gay wedding&#8217; could be held 10 days after the bill&#8217;s signing.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Council ruled \u00a0that same-sex marriage &#8220;did not run contrary to any constitutional principles,&#8221; and that it did not infringe on &#8220;basic rights or liberties or national sovereignty&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It said the interest of the child would be paramount in adoption cases, cautioning that legalising same-sex adoption would not automatically mean the &#8220;right to a child&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>50% of the French electorate oppose adoption of children by homosexuals and the opposition group Manif Pour Tous say that a majority of the electorate oppose Hollande&#8217;s flagship measure.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand legalised &#8216;gay marriage&#8217;\u00a0last month. \u00a0France is now the 14th country to overturn God&#8217;s institution of marriage in which a man joins a woman in a one-flesh union. \u00a0Commentators have pointed out that basic anatomy denies the ability to be &#8216;one flesh&#8217; to two homosexuals, mandating a redefinition of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>France is also the ninth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriage. \u00a0The others \u00a0are Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa, Canada, Uruguay and Argentina have also changed the definition of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>In January, a protest in Paris against the bill by Manif Pour Tous attracted some 340,000 people according to police &#8211; one of the biggest public demonstrations in France in decades. Organisers put the figure at 800,000.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a youth organiser for Manif Pour Tous,\u00a0Samuel Lafont, was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/victimsofgaybullying.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/25\/pro-marriage-protestor-stabbed-by-queers-in-violent-riot-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">attacked\u00a0at Odeon m\u00e9tro station by a homosexual gang<\/a><\/strong>. He was stabbed in the back six times, as well as sustaining other injuries. Two persons accompanying him were also hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The following morning there were tweets on Twitter that celebrated what happened. One stated that having no news from Lafont for hours, s\/he hoped that Lafont was dead but \u201cnot from worry\u201d.<br \/>\n<strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following morning there were tweets on Twitter that celebrated what happened and wished Lafont dead. \u00a0He and his friends are now recovering.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France&#8217;s president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the ninth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage, reports the BBC. 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