Sunday, January 27, 2013

Thousands march in Paris to support gay marriage

Demonstrators march through the streets of Paris in support of the French government's draft law to legalise marriage and adoption for same-sex couplesPARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Paris on Sunday to support the French government's plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption, but the turnout fell well short of a mass demonstration against the project two weeks ago. Police estimated total attendance at about 125,000, while organizers put the number at 400,000. Two weeks ago, organizers of the anti-gay marriage protest claimed turnout of one million, while police put the number at 340,000, an unusually high turnout even in protest-prone France. ...


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