French president signed for gay marriage

Paris, May 19 – French President Francois Hollande has signed a law on Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

 

he has signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law and ruled it in line with France's constitution.

 

Hollande, a Socialist, had made legalizing gay marriage one of his campaign pledges last year. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage in France, adoption by same-sex couples is more controversial. The bill prompted months of widespread protests, largely by conservative and religious groups. Some were marred by clashes with police. It became a flashpoint for frustrations at the increasingly unpopular Hollande.

 

Hollande warned that he wouldn't accept any disruption of France's first gay marriages