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View all search results7,000 same-sex couples tied the knot in France
About 7,000 same-sex couples tied the knot in Francelast year after gay marriage was legalized in May, the national statisticsagency said Tuesday
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bout 7,000 same-sex couples tied the knot in Francelast year after gay marriage was legalized in May, the national statisticsagency said Tuesday.
France legalized same-sex marriage after months of intense and sometimes violent protests, in keeping with an election pledge by Socialist President Francois Hollande, who faced a huge backlash from the opposition right and the powerful Catholic Church.
Same-sex unions made up around three percent of the total number of 238,000 marriages registered in France in 2013, the Insee statistics agency said.
