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Fri May 17, 2013, 11:25 AM May 2013

French Gay Marriage Law Gets Constitutional All-Clear

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Source: Reuters / France 24

@Reuters: RT @mathieuvonrohr: Breaking: French constitutional council validates gay marriage.

French gay marriage law gets constitutional all-clear

Fri May 17, 2013 11:27am EDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council cleared the way on Friday for same-sex marriage, throwing out a last-ditch effort by opponents to scupper the country's biggest social reform since abolition of the death penalty.

After months of sometimes violent street demonstrations, the Council gave the go-ahead to a law that will make France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings, in line with an election promise by Socialist President Francois Hollande.

Hollande has promised to rapidly sign a bill that lawmakers adopted in late April, raising the prospect that the first gay weddings in France could take place within weeks.

"The law allowing same-sex marriage conforms with the constitution," the council said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE94G0JH20130517

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