{"id":217,"date":"2013-04-23T17:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2013-04-23T17:33:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:33:53","slug":"france-legalizes-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/france-legalizes-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"France Legalizes Gay Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite angry protests, France legalizes gay marriage today<\/a>, becoming the 14th country to do so. The bill also allows gays to adopt and allows the use of surrogacy. A celebration indeed!<\/p>\n

France became the 14th country in the world to allow same-sex couples to wed Tuesday, when its parliament approved a law that has sparked often violent street protests and a rise in homophobic attacks.<\/em>
\n Lawmakers in the lower house National Assembly, where President Francois Hollande\u2019s Socialists have an absolute majority, passed the bill by 331 votes for and 225 against.<\/em>
\n The law also allows same-sex couples to adopt children.<\/em>
\n \u201cI hope people across the country will celebrate this moment,\u201d Martin Gaillard, a 31-year-old advocate of gay marriage, told English-language news site France24.com.<\/em>
\n Opponents of the law have held increasingly angry protests in recent weeks, including a string of confrontations with police in Paris.<\/em>
\n They fought hard to scuttle the parliamentary bill because it also allows the use of surrogate motherhood by gay couples wanting children.<\/em><\/p>\n

The debate is also blamed for fanning a spate of homophobic attacks, including the beating up of a 24-year-old in the southern city of Nice on Saturday, Reuters reported.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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