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Eugene

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Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:10 AM Apr 2013

French senate votes to legalise gay marriage

Source: BBC

12 April 2013 Last updated at 12:38 GMT

France's upper house of parliament has voted to legalise gay marriage.

The bill - which was approved with only minor amendments - is now certain to become law after a final vote in the lower house, expected in May.

There have been several demonstrations in Paris both for and against the bill.

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Friday's Senate vote, by a show of hands, came after senators had on Wednesday approved the first article of the bill allowing gay couples to marry and adopt, by 179 votes to 157.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22126437

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French senate votes to legalise gay marriage (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2013 OP
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