Opn on the abily of gay upl to be parents France 2019 | Statista

Contents:

• MEET FRANCE’S FIRST MARRIED GAY COUPLE
• IS GAY MARRIAGE TOO PROGRSIVE FOR THE FRENCH?
• TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–FRENCH DICTNARY

MEET FRANCE’S FIRST MARRIED GAY COUPLE

Consumg love between two young men France's Normandy regn 1985 is the subject of gay French tr Franis Ozon's latt film, aptly tled Summer of 85.

Wh s settg at the height of the '80s, s European backdrop, and soundtrack that clus classics om the Cure and Banarama, Summer of 85 is sure to draw parisons to another gay-themed arthoe film recent memory -- Lu Guadagno's Call Me by Your Name. France’s first gay marriage, officiated the town hall of Montpellier ont of hundreds of people, was as much the culmatn of a bter polil battle as the us of a great love.

(MORE: France Legaliz Gay Marriage Dpe Vol and Angry Opposn). For months Paris streets have been racked wh vlent clash that have drawn enraged crowds onto the streets to prott agast a central policy of Hollan’s Socialist Party, which vowed s electn mpaign a year ago to legalize gay marriage. Even after the French Senate passed the bill legalizg gay marriage two weeks ago, the protts did not let up.

IS GAY MARRIAGE TOO PROGRSIVE FOR THE FRENCH?

As Aut and Boile were takg their vows on Wednday, Bno Vercken, a member of the polil board of the right-wg Christian Democratic Party, was tellg France 24 Televisn that the battle was not over, spe the hard-won rights of gay upl. The issue, he says, would ntue to foc on stoppg gay upl om procreatg. Durg months of fierce bat on the floor of France’s Natnal Assembly and on the streets, the schism among French voters has explod around the issue of nuclear fai, rather than around homosexualy self.

While the law now allows gay upl to adopt children, stops short of permtg them to have blogil children through assisted reproductn — an issue that general remas highly ntent, even for heterosexual upl, this largely Catholic untry.

“We need a father and a mother, ” Vercken said on televisn, echog the major argument that has been phed for months by gay-marriage protters. The tensy of gay-marriage protts has surprised many, perhaps bee France has a fairly progrsive attu toward marriage and relatnships. And Bertrand Delanoë, who has been mayor of Paris sce 2001, is openly gay, a fact that is accepted by most Parisians whout qutn.

TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–FRENCH DICTNARY

For Hollan, his succs makg gay marriage legal has been polilly ccial. But the bter actns over gay parentg shows ltle signs of easg. The anizatn, which has surveyed thoands of French cizens on gay marriage durg the past months, found that voters creasgly grew acctomed to the ia as the months of polil bate wore on; today, about two-thirds of those polled said they were favor of gay marriage.

The opposn to gay parentg remas strong, however. Latt polls taken last week found between 45% and 50% oppose adoptn for gay parents, and the figur tend to skew higher when assisted reproductn is discsed. In a recent Ifop poll, two-thirds of those intifyg themselv as grandparents opposed gay parentg, a sharp difference om younger French voters.

That suggts that as years go on the opposn to allowg gay upl to have children will shrk.