Showing posts with label france. Show all posts
Showing posts with label france. Show all posts

6 Jun 2011

Lesbian Twist Truth To Marriage In France.

 

A lesbian couple in France are celebrating now after a twist to the truth has enabled them to get married  yes.  the two French women have successfully found a loophole to twist France’s same-sex marriage ban on Saturday owing to the fact that one half of the couple is still classed as a man – in the legal sense only.

27 May 2011

French MP compares gay weddings to 'unions with animals' -

 

A French MP from Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party sparked uproar on Thursday after likening gay weddings to "unions with animals".

 

Brigitte Barèges sparked angry jeers in parliament during a debate on a law "to open up marriage to same-sex couples" in France.    The 58-year-old Right-winger from Montauban, southern France, appalled MPs by exclaiming: "So in that case, why not unions with animals? Or polygamy?"

Gay rights groups branded the comments "insulting and disdainful", and threatened legal action.  Left-wing MPs who proposed the debate have called on Ms Barèges to make a public apology    Christophe Girard, Socialist deputy mayor of Paris branded them "pathetic and vulgar".

5 Feb 2011

Was Mona Lisa Actually a Guy?

 

Did a Male Model really  Inspire Da Vinci to create the masterpiece with the enigmatic smiles that’s known the world over?

Well,  apparently,  according to some,   yep   that’s exactly it,  Mona Lisa was a guy!    Italian researchers believe they've solved the mystery of the Mona Lisa model ...

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There has been a  team of researchers from the Italian national committee for cultural heritage working on the subject for some time,   they  are now claiming that Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa",    Which is probably the most famous painting in the world, was in fact inspired by the artist's male apprentice Salai.

29 Jan 2011

French Ban On Gay Marriage To Stay

 

Unsurprisingly the France's Constitutional Council declared on Friday that the country's ban on gay marriage did not infringe the constitution.         In a sad day for the freedom of French citizens,  the 9-member council, the top authority on constitutional questions, gave its judgement and  declared that French law's definition of marriage as "the union of a man and a woman" was "in conformity with the constitution."   

28 Jan 2011

French Same Sex Marriage Case

Leading French News Broadcaster, France 24 is reporting on the lesbian couple standing up for the right to marry.


They say the French government is currently being forced to reassess its current ban on same-sex marriage as a lesbian couple’s ten-year legal battle continues.    Corrine Cestino and Sophie Hasslauer, case will finally be ruled on this Friday, by the country’s Constitutional Council.

20 Jan 2011

French Legal Authority Will Discuss Gay Marriage

 

France’s highest authority will discuss the issue of gay marriage during this week,  because a lesbian couple dared to challenged the country’s current  ban on gay marriage.

Corinne Cestino and Sophie Haßlau, who’ve been together over then years and have four children, entered a civil union called a PACS ten years ago.

They launched a bid in May 2010, questioning  the constitutionality of French position on gay marriage.  The Court of Cassation recommended that the issue be forwarded to the Constitutional Council, as gay marriage is “now the subject of wide debate in society, in particular because of the evolution of manners and recognition of marriage between same sex legislation in several foreign countries.”


Gay marriages are recognised in Belgium, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

According to the couples legal advisor,  they want to get married because they consider it an essential tool for building a family.”