French Senate passes gay marriage bill; Socialist-led measure on track to become law by summer

AP ^ | April 12, 2013

[markomalley]

The French Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.

The vote in the upper house of parliament — led by President Francois Hollande’s Socialists — comes despite boisterous protests. Opponents — mostly conservatives and fervent Roman Catholics — have sought to defend traditional marriage.

Both houses of parliament will now take up a second reading to consider minor Senate changes to the bill passed in February by the National Assembly, also controlled by a Socialist-led majority.

[markomalley]

And yet another country goes down the path to perdition.

I wonder how the 25% Saracen minority feels about it?

[Einherjar]

The estimated muslim population of France is 5-7 million.
The Saudis are short of “cut of their heads with a sword “ guys. Maybe the executioners have all moved to France.
Now ........allow gay marriage.

this may not end well for the gays

[Truth29]

Well, clearly the conservative and Christian opposition demonstrations have not made the needed impact. What do they have to do, emulate the Muslim model and start burning Paris to get Holande’s attention?

[relictele]

While militant gays witter on about love and foolishly believe that someone out there - finally - accepts them, the statists in every nation are happy to have a politically correct smokescreen that will hide their bludgeoning of the family structure in favor of state control of every aspect of life.

[Longbow1969]

What do they have to do

They have to win elections. Street theater makes no difference if you can't win elections. Hollande won; elections have consequences. If the French really don't like it they will vote for the conservative opposition next time around (assuming they don't "evolve" themselves).