Ludovine de la Rochere, head of the "Demo for All" movement championing traditional marriage, rejected the ruling and said: "We will go to the European Court of Human Rights."
But Paris regional councilor Jean-Luc Romero hailed it as a setback for "homophobic mayors" and said: "This country's laws are not applied selectively."
Valls's memo reminded mayors and their deputies that they could empower a municipal councilor to perform a marriage if they were not available, but not out of opposition to the law.
According to the gay magazine Tetu, 510 same-sex couples married in Paris in the four months from June to September, accounting for 12 percent of all weddings celebrated during that period in the French capital.
法国的市长及其副手们不能再以“良心自由”为由,拒绝为同性恋者举行婚礼了。据英国媒体报道,法国宪法委员会10月18日裁定,法国内政部警告公务人员有义务依法主持同性恋婚礼否则将被严惩的行为没有侵犯公民的“良心自由”权利。反同性恋婚姻者对此表示不满,誓要前往欧洲人权法庭继续申诉。
今年5月18日,法国政府宣布,总统奥朗德已经签署通过同性恋婚姻的法律。自此,法国成为欧洲第9个、世界上第14个认可同性婚姻的国家。然而,这项同性恋婚姻法案在法国颇受争议。
依据法国法律,公民结婚必须先到政府登记,并且婚礼要由市长或者市长的副手主持,然后选择宗教婚礼的新人才能前往教堂举行仪式。
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