In France, a new form of union, the PACS, (stands for Civil Pact for Solidarity), with that Pact, two people of the same gender can get a legislative representation.
You have all economic and succession advantages with that one. Nevertheless, it has not all the characteristics of the marriage.
So French homos are claiming the rights of marriage, which Sarkozy, the actual conservative president, won't accept.
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"Le bonheur est un idéal de l'imagination et non de la raison" - Emmanuel Kant
"L'homme est né naturellement bon, c'est la société qui le corrompt" - Jean Jacques Rousseau