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France legalizes gay marriage despite angry protests
By artappraiser on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 5:19pm |By Nancy Ing and Alastair Jamieson, ABC News, April 23, 2013
France became the 14th country in the world to allow same-sex couples to wed Tuesday, when its parliament approved a law that has sparked often violent street protests and a rise in homophobic attacks.
Lawmakers in the lower house National Assembly, where President Francois Hollande’s Socialists have an absolute majority, passed the bill by 331 votes for and 225 against.
The law also allows same-sex couples to adopt children [.....]
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