‘French San Francisco’ Montpellier to hold country’s first same-sex wedding

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/french-san-francisco-montpellier-to-hold-countrys-first-same-sex-wedding/



In a month’s time, France will finally hold its first same-sex wedding. Vincent and Bruno will be exchanging vows in Montpellier, a southern city known to homosexuals as the “French San Francisco” because of its thriving homosexual community.

The French couple is more than conscious of the public impact of their upcoming ceremony.

“We will make this wedding an occasion for everyone. It will be public, open to all activists, to heads of French and international (gay lobby) groups, to the press,” Vincent told AFP.

For France, it will be a highly mediatised symbol of changing social mores, won in the teeth of months of fierce — and sometimes violent — opposition from conservative groups and homophobic backlash.

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1. I remember just a decade ago when the bad news always seemed to outweigh the good.

How much difference 1 decade can make!

There's still a long way to go, but the prospects seem so much brighter these days.