Hundreds of thousands in France rally against same sex marriage.

[helenejen]

Originally Posted by alphamale

"An anti-gay marriage rally turned violent in Paris on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched against a draft bill that would allow same-sex partners to marry and adopt children."

Why would you purposefully lie about the numbers involved?

"Protesters clash with police in Paris on Sunday as thousands join a demonstration against government plans to legalise gay marriage. Police fire tear gas after a group of youths try to push past barricades."

But thanks for drawing our attention to this good news:

"President François Hollande's 'marriage for everyone' bill was approved by the lower house in February, and the senate will vote on it next month."

[Jolly Green Giant]

Originally Posted by alphamale

"An anti-gay marriage rally turned violent in Paris on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched against a draft bill that would allow same-sex partners to marry and adopt children."

Sounds like they started rioting, these Jesus freaks are nuts.

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by jjrose

Great, My partner and I have children. Many same sex couples adopt, or use IVF or surrogates.
Many heterosexual couples don't have children. Elderly couples can't have children and they are allowed to get married. First cousins can marry in some states as long as they prove that they CAN'T reproduce.

I have no problem with with the marriage. Its the benefits, pensions and the like that I find to be the objection. That is to say a spouse collects social security benefits. I have no problem with it if children are involved since there is often a cost one partner takes which damages their career. Thus it should be considered a union.

So let's make marriage only legal for couples that have children, or give them a time limit to have or adopt children or their marriage is nullified.

I would just make benefits apply to couples with children.

[patrix542]

they are protesting because they know they are loosing the "war" but the bill WILL go through, as accoridng to official polls majority of French support same sex marriage