Over 100,000 march against gay marriage in France | Inquirer News

Over 100,000 march against gay marriage in France

/ 02:13 AM November 18, 2012

People demonstrate against the government project to legalize same sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, November 17, 2012. Banner reads ” Dad, mom, there aren’t better for children”. AP/Claude Paris

PARIS – More than a hundred thousand people attended rallies across France Saturday in protest at plans to legalize gay marriage, according to police figures obtained by AFP.

In Paris alone, 70,000 people turned out at one rally, said police — organizers put the figure at 200,000 — while another 22,000 protested in the southeastern city of Lyon, said police, and up to 8,000 in the southern city of Marseille.

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