Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to demonstrate against gay marriage and to call for candidates in next year's presidential election to support "traditional family values".
The "Manif pour Tous campaign" has been re-activated two years after it last held a sizeable protest.
Protesters held signs with slogans such "A father and a mother -- it's hereditary" as they made their way towards the Trocadero concourse in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Police said up to 24,000 people took part while organisers put the number far higher.
The target of their anger is the 2013 law legalising same-sex marriage introduced by the then justice minister Christiane Taubira.
One protester attending the march on Sunday, 72-year-old retired engineer Michel Delaune, said: "I am against gay marriage and against the crappy leaders who oppose the power of the people."
Three years ago, Manif pour Tous mounted a vigorous campaign against same-sex marriage […].
But Socialist President Francois Hollande defied the protests and in 2013 France legalised same-sex marriage.
The movement then faded away, but its leader Ludovine de la Rochere said it now had "a bright future" because Hollande's Socialist government had "destabilised families".
But none of the leading candidates for the right-wing nomination for next year's presidential election have said they have any intention of repealing same-sex marriage if they are elected.
but french twitter is not having it
"lol must I remind [people] that gays adopt the children that hetero couples have abandonned?"
"hey #LaManifPourTous people, what's this? everyone else, say nothing"
"I'm dead- there's war everywhere in the world yet people prefer to demonstrate against the happiness of people"
"for the religious [people] who are against gay marriage: a religion's rules only apply to those who follow it!"
"to demonstrate against gay rights even though you are hetero… it's like bitching about the price of meat while being vegan"
what do y'all think? I'm seriously confused as to why they're protesting for candidates of NEXT YEAR'S elections to be against gay marriage, like this is very early innit?? can a french member explain to me but whatever, it's still wrong to do this nonetheless. gays can marry and these ppl will have to DEAL
Europe as a whole is not more progressive than NA. Northerrn Europe is great and the West is going the right way but there are still issues that need time to disappear.
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