French Senate adopts gay marriage law

French Senate adopts gay marriage law

PARIS - Agence France-Presse

People hold a rainbow umbrella and a placard that reads "Yes" on their balcony during a demonstration against gay marriage, adoption and procreation assistance in Paris, April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

France's upper house Senate voted Friday to adopt a law granting homosexual couples the right to marry, which has sparked widespread opposition and protests from conservatives and religious groups.

The vote, by a show of hands, followed days of intense debate. The bill must still technically face a second reading in the lower house National Assembly, but lawmakers there already adopted it in a first reading on February 12.
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