This is a turning point in the history of French politics. Ten years ago, to the day, on April 23, 2013, the National Assembly definitively adopted the Taubira law, which opened up marriage and adoption to same-sex couples. France then became the 14e country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
Marriage for all: “There will be no turning back”
Promised by François Hollande during the presidential campaign, then carried by the Keeper of the Seals Christiane Taubira, the text was approved by 331 votes, against 225 opposition votes and 10 abstentions.
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This vote marks the end of a turbulent period within the Assembly, where a total of 136 hours of debate have been counted, day and night in the hemicycle. It also puts an end to the sometimes violent demonstrations of the Manif pour tous, which brought together family, conservative, religious associations and political parties, opposed to the opening of marriage to same-sex couples.
• The text is adopted under the applause of the Assembly
Deputies, standing, chant in chorus the word “equality” in a torrent of applause: marriage for all is definitively adopted by parliamentarians after 136 hours and 46 minutes of debate within the hemicycle.
• Opponents demonstrate inside the hemicycle
Shortly before the vote, opponents expressed their dissatisfaction in the stands of the Assembly. “No place for the enemies of democracy in the hemicycle”, had SO slapped the President of the Assembly Claude Bartolone, before asking security to evacuate them.
• The moving speech of Christiane Taubira
In a speech after the vote, the Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira confessed “overwhelmed with emotion”. “It is undeniably a generous text that you voted for today and we are definitely grateful to you”, she assured the parliamentarians. Addressing young homosexuals hurt by the words of opponents of the project, she said: “Keep your head up, you have nothing to be ashamed of. »
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• Frigid Barjot hooted at the exit of the National Assembly
After the vote, the activist Frigid Barjot, the main initiator of the demonstrations against marriage for all, left the Palais-Bourbon under the insults and boos of the activists in favor of the project. Present in the hemicycle during the vote, she was exfiltrated under police escort.
• Supporters of the text celebrate its adoption in Paris
At the beginning of the evening, a pro-marriage rally for all took place in front of the town hall of 4e district of Paris, place Baudoyer. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, government spokesperson, expresses his joy to the applause of the crowd chanting in chorus the word ” merci ».
