France senate debates same-sex marriage and adoption bill

[JURIST] France's Senate [official website, in French] on Thursday commenced debate of a bill [text, in French] that would legalize same-sex marriage [JURIST backgrounder] and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. The bill came before the upper house of parliament after approval [JURIST report] in February by France's lower house of parliament. The bill is controversial, despite the fact that both houses of parliament are under the control [AP report] of Socialist President Francois Hollande [official website, in French; BBC...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/04/france-senate-debates-same-sex-marriage-and-adoption.php

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