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wehotex · 04-23-2013, 10:15 AM

BREAKING: France becomes 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage – LGBTQ Nation

shiftymh · 04-23-2013, 10:16 AM

Weird that there's so many violent protests there. You'd think France would be first in line for gay marriage.

Natnasci · 04-23-2013, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by shiftymh

Weird that there's so many violent protests there. You'd think France would be first in line for gay marriage.

Not everything is achieved with violence. Look at the other 13 countries, all done peacefully.

jjrose · 04-23-2013, 10:31 AM

Congratulations France.

Dane_in_LA · 04-23-2013, 10:42 AM

Good on them.

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Originally Posted by shiftymh

Weird that there's so many violent protests there. You'd think France would be first in line for gay marriage.

Demonstrations, certainly - did I miss the violence?

pch1013 · 04-23-2013, 10:49 AM

Violent Gay Marriage Protests Rock France - The Daily Beast

French Anti-Gay Violence Escalates As Parliament Leader Receives Death Threat | ThinkProgress

pch1013 · 04-23-2013, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Natnasci

Not everything is achieved with violence. Look at the other 13 countries, all done peacefully.

The violence is all coming from the anti-gay side.

Dane_in_LA · 04-23-2013, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by pch1013

Violent Gay Marriage Protests Rock France - The Daily Beast

French Anti-Gay Violence Escalates As Parliament Leader Receives Death Threat | ThinkProgress

Dear me, the defenders of morality and decency do seem to harbor some real a-holes in their midst, don't they?

Clashing with the riot police is SOP for a Paris protest, that doesn't surprise anyone, least of all the riot police. Death threats are different kettle of fish. Ah well, they'll get over it.

soanchorless · 04-23-2013, 10:57 AM

The violent anti-gay movement is tied to Catholic organizations. And they say Christianity is the religion of peace.

haha. Just throwing out that since people keep saying the same thing about Islam.

pch1013 · 04-23-2013, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

Clashing with the riot police is SOP for a Paris protest, that doesn't surprise anyone, least of all the riot police. Death threats are different kettle of fish. Ah well, they'll get over it.

It is, however, rather unusual that this violence is coming from the right. Usually it's leftists doing the rioting.

I guess it's just a French thing rather than a left/right thing.