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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com January 21, 2011
French Council to Hear Marriage Case
By Advocate.com Editors
The highest authority on constitutional questions in France will soon hear
the case of a lesbian couple challenging the country’s ban on same-sex
marriage.
Pink News reports on the development in the case of Corinne Cestino and
Sophie Haßlau, a pediatrician and English teacher with four children
who live outside Reims. The couple entered into a civil union a decade ago,
and launched their bid to question the constitutionality of the country’s
same-sex marriage position in May.
“On 16 November, the Court of Cassation referred the case to the highest
constitutional authority in France, citing an ‘issue of constitutionality’
on Articles 75 and 144 of the Civil Code, which exclude the civil marriage
of same sex,” reports Pink News.
A statement from the council is expected on January 28.
Last year, the council declined to decide the issue of discrimination in
same-sex adoption, saying it was a matter for the legislature to decide. |
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