Nathalie de Williencourt, the website's cofounder, says homosexual couples are different from heterosexual couples because they cannot procreate. They know, she says, that two women or two men cannot generate life.
The Catholic Church in France backs opposition to gay marriage. But those who support the law say that in the land of liberty, equality and fraternity, the right to marry should be extended to gay couples.
Supporters made their demands clear at a rally in Paris Sunday. Police say 125,000 people attended, around one-third of the number who marched against the law. The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, who is gay, was among them.
The head of a gay rights group, Frédéric Navarro, says the law would be a landmark change for homosexual couples. Navarro, president of Act Up Paris, also says gay married couples can raise children just as well as heterosexual partners.
“We say to those who are against marriage for all: Yes, the important thing is children raised within a family. And the denigration of homosexuality, to regard homosexuality as if we are somehow below society. … Sorry, but we are beyond that now," said Navarro.
Gay rights groups say they have seen a rise in the number of verbal and physical attacks on gay people since the debate intensified last summer.
Opponents of the law say they will continue their protests even if the bill is passed.
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