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Paris gay couple say they were beaten amid rise in homophobic attacks
PARIS — A gay couple in Paris said they were attacked and beaten on Saturday for walking arm-in-arm in what LGBT advocates in the country say is indicative of a rise in anti-gay attacks in France since Parliament began debating a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage.
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France’s senate takes up same-sex marriage debate
PARIS — France’s upper house of parliament has begun debating a bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, weeks after the divisive reform was passed in the lower house.
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Hundreds of thousands protest French marriage equality, adoption bill
PARIS — Paris riot police fought back crowds who pushed their way onto Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees avenue as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
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French Assembly passes same-sex marriage, adoption bill
PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
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France approves key article aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage
The French National Assembly on Saturday approved the key article of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage and grant gay and lesbian couples the right to adopt children.
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French government presents same-sex marriage, adoption bill to Parliament
PARIS — The French government has presented its plan to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption to Parliament for debate.
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Marriage equality supporters march in streets of Paris
PARIS — More than 100,000 people marched in Paris Sunday in support of a government-sponsored bill that would legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples.
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Karl Lagerfeld supports same-sex marriage in lesbian couture
PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk wearing couture bridal gowns.
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NOM’s Brian Brown boasts France doesn’t support ‘redefining’ marriage
National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown, is back from his trip to Paris, where he gleefully participated with several hundred thousand people who converged at the Eiffel Tower last Sunday to protest the French president’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.
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Hundreds of thousands march in Paris to oppose marriage equality
PARIS — Several hundred thousand people converged at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday to protest the French president’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.