 French National Assembly backs gay marriage bill February 12, 2013 - 21:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France has moved a step closer to legalising gay marriage with the lower house of parliament approving a sweeping bill which also allows same-sex couples to adopt children, Belfast Telegraph said. President Francois Hollande's Socialists have pushed the measure through the National Assembly and put France on track to join about a dozen nations that grant marriage and adoption rights to homosexuals. The measure, approved in a 329-to-229 vote, comes despite an array of demonstrations in recent weeks by opponents of the "marriage for all" bill. Polls show most French support legalising gay marriage, though that backing softens when children come into play. The Assembly has been debating the bill and voting on its individual articles in recent weeks. The overall bill now goes to the Senate, which is also controlled by the Socialists and their allies. Partner news  Top stories The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Program base before attackers ran inside. Hamid Karzai accused Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spokesman said. The deal is estimated at $700mln-$1bln, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing sources in the Russian defense industry. Ahmadinejad will be replaced by Hassan Rowhani as president on August 3 following presidential elections last week.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia gets highest status in combating human trafficking  Each year, governments need to demonstrate appreciable progress in combating trafficking to maintain a Tier 1 ranking.Microsoft rumored to look into buying Nokia‘s handset business The price tag and market position concerns weren’t the only reason the talks fell through, says the sources, without additional details.Megaupload files deleted, Dotcom decries ‘largest data massacre’ "We were never warned about the deletion," Dotcom said, adding that the loss of the files had reduced him to tears.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted. |
