Police fought running battles with protesters in central Paris last night after the French parliament approved legislation authorising same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children.
The vote, which made France the fourteenth country in the world to legalise gay marriage, was hailed by supporters as an epoch-defining commitment to equality. But it sparked fury among opponents.
As protest marches turned violent, stones, bottles and iron bars rained down on riot police units brought in to protect parliament. They replied by firing teargas at the demonstrators.
Police charged several times in a bid to clear protesters from Les Invalides in Paris, but they moved on to the banks of the Seine, where there were more clashes. There were also violent incidents in Lyon, in central France, where at least 14 people were arrested.
it should be astonishing how many of you who talk so much and really do care so much don't know
with all due respect, you really need to read more and talk less
fyi:
Paris riots after gay marriage vote | The Times
open the link, there are pictures
see the face of violence
"Some protesters opposed to the measure legalizing same-sex marriage hurled glass bottles, cans and metal bars, and riot police responded with tear gas at the Invalides memorial and museum complex, near the National Assembly." (French protest against gay marriage turns violent)
So people are really just pissed that they didn't get their way and are now throwing a giant tantrum. Real mature :roll:
And right here in this very website I was recently told that that was a "liberal" trait.
it should be astonishing how many of you who talk so much and really do care so much don't know
with all due respect, you really need to read more and talk less
open the link, there are pictures
see the face of violence
"Some protesters opposed to the measure legalizing same-sex marriage hurled glass bottles, cans and metal bars, and riot police responded with tear gas at the Invalides memorial and museum complex, near the National Assembly." (French protest against gay marriage turns violent)
So people are really just pissed that they didn't get their way and are now throwing a giant tantrum. Real mature :roll:
hmmmm morons and bigots protesting equality, oh well, if they earn themselves a smack in the head its their own fault.
you know how the majority of us all laugh at how stupid people looked fighting against equal rights for minorities? this will be the same in the future.
it should be astonishing how many of you who talk so much and really do care so much don't know
with all due respect, you really need to read more and talk less
fyi:
Paris riots after gay marriage vote | The Times
open the link, there are pictures
see the face of violence
but, but Europeans are so enlightened. Intolerance is only supposed to happen in the US.
I would have hoped for better from a country that invented Freedom Fries.
Tsk.
Some more pics of the "faces of violence" from
Riot police clash with protesters in Paris as 300,000 take to the streets to demonstrate against gay marriage | Mail Online
The second picture looks photo shopped.
Gay marriage anywhere is not about luv, sweetie, it's about money. It's about government benefits, company benefits, etc. The bigger their cut of the pie the smaller anyone's who isn't gay.....
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