国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

World / Europe

Support for same-sex marriage in Paris

(Xinhua) Updated: 2013-01-28 07:12

PARIS - Tens of thousands of French people on Sunday marched in the streets in Paris to voice their supports for the bill in favor of gay marriage before the debate opens next Tuesday.

Chanting the slogan of "equal rights" with rainbow flags in hands, the demonstrators converged to the Place de la Bastille.

Heavy weights from the Left-wing, including First Secretary of the Socialist Party Harlem Desir, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, Housing Minister Cecile Duflot, Co-Chairman of the Left Party Jean-Luc Melancho, National Secretary of the French Communist Party Pierre Laurent, were all presented in the procession.

Support for same-sex marriage in Paris

A man wears a costume of the Statue of Liberty during a march through the streets of Paris in support of the French government's draft law to legalise marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, January 27, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] 

Police estimated that the number of the participants was at 125,000, but organizers put the number at 400,000.

"Some have tried to believe that there was a majority of French people opposed to this law," said Laurent, thus "it's important by demonstration in the street to show that most of the French society is ready for this progress," he added, referring to the anti-gay marriage protest on January 13 which brought together 340,000 people according to the police, but 1 million by organizers.

Former health minister Roselyne Bachelot, one of a few militants from the major opposition party UMP, also appeared among the protesters who "personally" participated in the event, and said "it is important to have a majority in Parliament to vote for it."

The demonstration came just two days ahead of the parliament debate scheduled to open on Tuesday over the bill of "marriage for all", a campaign promise of French President Francois Hollande, to legalize same-sex marriage and to allow adoption for same-sex couples.

Last Friday, in his meeting at the Elysee Palcace with Frigid Barjo, president of the Manif for All which is a main association against the same-sex marriage, Hollande reiterated his determination to see parliament to adopt this project.

Moreover, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Saturday called for a "strong commitment" of those pro-gay marriage, expressing his optimistic outlook to the result of the parliament debate as he believed that "the law will be passed, and even with a large majority."

Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
攀枝花市| 娄烦县| 墨竹工卡县| 凭祥市| 德钦县| 蕉岭县| 平原县| 梨树县| 油尖旺区| 云南省| 都江堰市| 来安县| 巴马| 罗山县| 徐州市| 永年县| 阆中市| 汨罗市| 乌兰浩特市| 视频| 北碚区| 法库县| 奎屯市| 赤壁市| 白沙| 林州市| 左云县| 渝中区| 邮箱| 内乡县| 蓝田县| 辽宁省| 平原县| 思茅市| 乌拉特中旗| 龙州县| 和田县| 邯郸市| 扬中市| 长沙县| 镇远县|