Sun May 26, 2013, 01:04 PM
Gay marriage opponents stage mass protest in Paris
Source: The Guardian
Tens of thousands of people registered a final, furious protest against same-sex marriage on Sunday, days before the first wedding ceremony under a new law. At least 150,000 protesters converged on Paris, marshalled by more than 4,500 police who were deployed after the government warned of a risk of violence and disruption. Riot police evicted about a dozen far-right activists who used ladders to climb on to the roof of the Socialist party headquarters and unfurled a banner saying "Hollande resign". The night before the demonstration, 50 people were arrested after chaining themselves to metal barriers they had placed in the middle of the Champs Elysées and firing smoke canisters. A van carrying masks, banners and smoke bombs was seized by police. Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/gay-marriage-protest-paris1 "A van carrying masks, banners and smoke bombs was seized by police." But but but...I thought only LIBERAL protests like OCCUPY WALL STREET carried such devices, not those moral conservative Christian evangelicals! 
This is the DU member formerly known as alp227.
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Author | Time | Post |
 Gay marriage opponents stage mass protest in Paris (Original post) |
alp227 | May 2013 | OP |
| marmar | May 2013 | #1 | |
| Faygo Kid | May 2013 | #2 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #3 | |
| marmar | May 2013 | #5 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #7 | |
| Posteritatis | May 2013 | #9 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #19 | |
| SoapBox | May 2013 | #4 | |
| pnwmom | May 2013 | #6 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #8 | |
| closeupready | May 2013 | #11 | |
| pnwmom | May 2013 | #15 | |
| Name removed | May 2013 | #16 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #20 | |
| TlalocW | May 2013 | #21 | |
| whathehell | May 2013 | #22 | |
| Quantess | May 2013 | #10 | |
| closeupready | May 2013 | #12 | |
| Quantess | May 2013 | #13 | |
| closeupready | May 2013 | #14 | |
| Violet_Crumble | May 2013 | #18 | |
| closeupready | May 2013 | #23 | |
| Franker65 | May 2013 | #17 |
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 01:18 PM
marmar (72,563 posts)
1. It's the law now. Sit down, shut up and deal with it, freaks.
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 01:45 PM
whathehell (25,525 posts)
3. Mon Dieu....No "gay Paree"?
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but I thought all the "moral conservative Christian evangelicals" lived in 'Murca"
So much for all those "advanced" Liberal Euros, I guess.  |
Response to whathehell (Reply #3)
Sun May 26, 2013, 02:04 PM
marmar (72,563 posts)
5. No, they just have political power in America.
Response to whathehell (Reply #7)
Sun May 26, 2013, 06:36 PM
9. The protest is in response to said attitude winning. (nt)
Response to Posteritatis (Reply #9)
Mon May 27, 2013, 07:16 AM
whathehell (25,525 posts)
19. I know that.
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 02:00 PM
4. Haters on Parade!
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...sigh...
The Hate...The Rage...give it a chance and probably some VIOLENCE. All over humans that just want to live together forever.  |
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 03:00 PM
pnwmom (104,071 posts)
6. I guess the French aren't as sophisticated, educated, and cultured as they think.
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Response to pnwmom (Reply #6)
Sun May 26, 2013, 06:35 PM
whathehell (25,525 posts)
8. No, or as they've managed to convince others, it seems, like the many
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europhiles here on DU.
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Response to pnwmom (Reply #6)
Sun May 26, 2013, 08:56 PM
11. Maybe not, but they are definitely more so than Americans, who
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think a cheeseburger can ever be sophisticated, and that The Hangover is not vulgar, but merely a 'different' kind of culture.
Furthermore, college education in France is free/financed fully by taxpayer revenue. But hey, let this outlying development set the rule for you. And furthermore, I could call you out on your point because I remember some of your uglier contributions in years past when YOU weren't so sophisticated, educated, and cultured, but it would be against the rules. |
Response to closeupready (Reply #11)
Sun May 26, 2013, 11:40 PM
pnwmom (104,071 posts)
15. "outlying development"?
Response to closeupready (Reply #11)
Mon May 27, 2013, 07:48 AM
whathehell (25,525 posts)
20. Oh my...It seems the French have embarrassed you and raised all your angry little defenses, .
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 07:22 PM
10. How do you know who those protesters are?
Response to Quantess (Reply #13)
Sun May 26, 2013, 10:41 PM
14. There are millions of Catholics in Paris; likely, they're Catholic -
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the protestors. What silliness - "how do we know they aren't muslims?" LOL How do we know they aren't skinheads? How do we know they aren't Bolsheviks?
Yes, in the capital of one of the most Catholic countries on earth where a prime minister in the 90's referred to France as something like the 'Vatican's sister state', demonstrators are muslims. 
You just crack me up.   |
Response to Quantess (Reply #10)
Mon May 27, 2013, 04:20 AM
18. Because in the article it refers to Catholic and RW groups...
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 04:06 AM
17. Stone Age people need to accept the law
