Opponents of gay marriage France have waged a more effective mpaign than many expected but may be fightg a losg battle, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports.
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- FRANCE'S GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT
- FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATED FRANCE
- 08 MAR 2013 FRANCE EMBRAC GAY MARRIAGE
FRANCE'S GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * gay marriage france *
In 2022, 10, 000 homosexual upl cid to enter to a civil unn. This is more than before the adoptn of same-sex marriage when Insee unted an average of 5, 762 civil unns of homosexual upl per year (between 1999 and 2012). The choice of marriage among homosexual upl is motivated by a "symbolic" signifince, Mlay said.
FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATED FRANCE
Marchers filed through the French pal on Sunday to prott agast Print Franis Hollan's plan to legalize gay marriage and adoptn. * gay marriage france *
Persistent difficulti startg a fay The legalizatn of same-sex marriage has ma possible for married homosexual upl to adopt a child, whereas civil unns did not allow them to do so. But this remas limed: Sce 2013, the Associatn of Gay and Lbian Parents (APGL) timat, based on s own cens and the rults of a number of surveys, that only 200 same-sex parentg fai have succeed adoptg (wards of the Natn and children born abroad clud).
Try for ee This figure is nsistent wh that of a report by the French Mistry of Jtice, which unted, for the year 2018, only eighteen plenary adoptns by homosexual upl. Nilas Faget, a spokperson for the APGL, told Le Mon that homosexual upl faced difficulti foundg a fay: The procs is lengthy and adoptn is still forbidn some untri.
Even France, some homosexual upl have faced discrimatn.
08 MAR 2013 FRANCE EMBRAC GAY MARRIAGE
When France legalised gay marriage exactly 10 years ago, Nilas and his partner David uldn't wa to tie the knot. A on, the uple still cherish the memori of their town hall weddg a suburb of Paris. * gay marriage france *
Sce the adoptn of a bethics law 2021, and the openg of medilly assisted procreatn to homosexual upl, the procre is simplified. Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris.