Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

French Mayors Can't Refuse to Perform Same-sex Marriages

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French mayors and their deputies cannot invoke their freedom of conscience to refuse to perform same-sex marriages that Paris legalized last May, the country's Constitutional Council ruled on Friday. Seven mayors, backed by groups that led mass protests against gay nuptials early this year, asked France's highest constitutional authority for a ruling after the Interior Ministry threatened dissenters with jail or fines. Gay marriage opponents condemned the decision and vowed to take ...

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