France legalizes gay marriage despite angry protests

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mai said:

Zkuq said:

mai said:

Zkuq said:

mai said:
The most interesting part of the story is not the legalization, but the fact they did it inspite of majority of French stance on the matter.

Actually the majority supports the law.

http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2013/04/04/mariage-homosexuel-les-francais-pour-mais-ils-rejettent-l-adoption_893559

I can't speak French but Google Translate seems to agree with what I just said: 53% support gay marriage.

I'll rephrase it to avoid confusion: majority are against adoption by gay couples -- people tend to distinguish these two things, but one implies another. It says that 56% are against adoption and rising since the start of the pro-gay marriage campaign.

Ah, that is true. What does the new law say about adoption? Anyway, majority supports gay marriage (without adoption) so if adoption rights don't come automatically with marriage, there's nothing going against majority's opinion here. And those two things definitely don't have to imply one another, even if they usually do.