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Amid Much Tumult, France Approves ‘Marriage for All’

France became the world’s 14th nation to approve marriage rights for same-sex couples.

The legislation was approved by a vote of 331 to 225 in the National Assembly, the lower house, where the left holds a strong majority. Eleven legislators from the center and right broke with party lines to support the law, though there were indications that some of those votes may have been cast by mistake. There were 10 abstentions.

Backers of the legislation said it rectified an unjust and discriminatory status quo without impinging upon the rights of heterosexuals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/europe/france-approves-same-sex-marriage.html