LGBT Rights France: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- FRENCH GAY UPL GET RIGHT TO 'MARRY, ADOPT CHILDREN'
- GAY RIGHTS FRANCE: AFTER MARRIAGE EQUALY, WHAT'S NEXT?
- FRANCE OVERLED ON GAY ADOPTN
- FRENCH HIGH URT GRANTS NEW RIGHTS TO GAY PARENTS
- PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
FRENCH GAY UPL GET RIGHT TO 'MARRY, ADOPT CHILDREN'
France will give gay upl the right to get married and adopt children as of 2013, PM Jean-Marc Ayrlt has announced a keynote speech. * adoption gay france *
In June, France was wrapped ntroversy after two regnal adoptn agency officials ma disparagg remarks about same-sex upl: one sayg that agenci would always favor heterosexual upl over homosexual on, and another that same-sex upl were “atypil” and should be prepared to adopt “atypil” children – those who are olr or wh disabili. Jt, who was adopted himself, knew how long the procs uld last – for all upl, gay or straight – and didn’t want to durg one of the terviews halfway through the lengthy, paperwork-tensive procs, Jt says, “A psychologist told , ‘In any se, you’ll never adopt France. But social norms and a relig history rooted nservative Catholicism have prevented LGBT upl om exercisg the rights to which they are legally June, France was wrapped ntroversy after two regnal adoptn agency officials ma disparagg remarks about same-sex upl – one sayg that agenci would always favor heterosexual upl over homosexual on, and another that same-sex upl were “atypil” and should be prepared to adopt “atypil” children – those who were olr or wh ments have dredged up latent discrimatn a untry that thought had progrsed further than that, and have forced French society to look ward for solutns.
“In terms of homosexualy general, France is still que nservative even when to acceptg same-sex marriage, ” says Sébastien Chv, a French soclogist who studi genr and sexualy at the Universy of Lsanne.
GAY RIGHTS FRANCE: AFTER MARRIAGE EQUALY, WHAT'S NEXT?
Opposn to a bill allowg gay upl to adopt has been unexpectedly fierce the untry, which legalized civil unns more than a ago. In a rare move, and to the surprise of many, even the French Catholic Church has bee volved the bate. * adoption gay france *
The fluential “Manif pour To” (Prott for All) aln that has led anti-gay-marriage and -adoptn protts sce 2012 is chiefly Catholic. While parts of the Catholic Church have embraced homosexuals and their partnerships, the official le remas agast such is often a problem for same-sex upl adoptn proceedgs.
FRANCE OVERLED ON GAY ADOPTN
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”In addn, there are statistilly fewer children to adopt France than the US, so that when fay anizatns are prented wh multiple dossiers – cludg heterosexual and homosexual upl – the heterosexual upl ually w observers agree, however, that the swiftns wh which the public and the ernment reacted to the ntroversial adoptn statements June is an ditor of progrs ma. Un uple homosexuel marié pt déposer njotement une man d’agrément près du nseil général af pouvoir adopter un pupille l’Etat ou un enfant origaire d’un pays étranger.
FRENCH HIGH URT GRANTS NEW RIGHTS TO GAY PARENTS
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Image ptn, At prent, only married upl and not civil unn partners n adopt FranceGay upl France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children as of 2013, Prime Mister Jean-Marc Ayrlt has announced announcement was part of a keynote speech outlg the new Socialist ernment's five-year plan.
A number of European natns cludg Germany, Swen and Bra already allow gay prent only married upl - not civil unn partners - n adopt France. A survey rried out at the begng of the year showed 63% of French people are favour of gay marriage while 56% support gay nfirmatn of the new law me only days after Paris held s annual Gay Pri para, which this year was buoyed by the new erment's promise to legalise gay marriage and adoptn a symbolic gture, French Mister for Fai Domique Bertotti turned out to see the para floats set off. European natns allowg gay adoptn clu Belgium, Denmark, Fland, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spa, Swen and on this story.
A man wears a stume readg "Dad" and "Mom" durg a monstratn agast gay marriage and adoptn by same-sex upl Nice, France, October.
PROCR FOR GAY COUPL LOOKG TO ADOPT
Thoands of supporters of same-sex marriage took to the streets Paris last weekend support of the ernment's plans to legalize marriage and adoptn for gay upl. Parisian Eric Robichon voic a monly heard viewpot: "I thk gay upl should have the same rights as heterosexual upl, like matters of herance. " The absence of a relig tone to the French protts seems strange to someone ed to the Bible-centric, Amerin opposn to gay marriage.
Jt Sullivan / Getty ImagThe European Court of Human Rights' latt lg on adoptn was hailed by gay rights anizatns France and across Europe for takg on one of the many kds of discrimatn homosexuals face ordary life. Gay and lbian groups say opens the way for legal challeng other European stat wh adoptn laws siar to those of France — yet falls well short of a blanket lg that would oblige all untri to allow adoptn by homosexuals. The urt flted the French urts for cg "the lack of a paternal referent the hoehold", and said the woman's homosexualy had been "if not explic, at least implic" France's rejectn of her adoptn requt.
"French law allowed sgle parents to adopt a child, thereby openg up the possibily for adoptn by a sgle homosexual, " the judgment found.