France reached marriage equality today after weeks of divided demonstrations and protests:
Needless to say, France is having very mixed emotions:
Gay marriage is now legal in France, I don't know what to feel. Happy or sad? :| #mariagepourtous
Gay marriage is now legal in France, I don't know what to feel. Happy or sad? :| #mariagepourtous-- J. Kandou
Supporters of the bill took to the streets to celebrate:
A personal at-home celebration:
A gay man kisses French humorist Frigide Barjot, spokesperson for "La Manif pour Tous", a group who protested against France's legalization of same-sex marriage.
Anti gay marriage groups spoke out: "Against this unjust law, continue mobilizing in non-violence."
#CP_VITA #mariagepourtous : «Contre cette loi injuste, poursuivons la mobilisation, dans la non-violence» @TDerville http://t.co/H0jEdDQKOY
#CP_VITA #mariagepourtous : «Contre cette loi injuste, poursuivons la mobilisation, dans la non-violence» @TDerville http://t.co/H0jEdDQKOY-- Alliance VITA
Dejected Frigide Barjot Gets Heckled:
She tweeted after the decision: "Is not it a problem that the passage of a law arouses much hatred and violence among its supporters?"
N'est-ce pas un problème que le vote d'une loi suscite autant de haine et de violence chez ses sympathisants ?
N'est-ce pas un problème que le vote d'une loi suscite autant de haine et de violence chez ses sympathisants ?-- Frigide Barjot
The french TV host led a peaceful protest march after the bill was passed.
The group stated, "Our determination is intact!"
