Hundreds of thousands of
protesters have taken to the streets of Paris over plans to give gay
couples in France the right to marry and adopt children.
Three big marches converged on the Champs de Mars, a large park next to the Eiffel Tower.
France's Socialist government is planning to change the law this year.
But the demonstrators, backed by the Catholic Church and the
right-wing opposition, argue it would undermine an essential building
block of society.
The organisers put the number of marchers at 800,000, with
demonstrators pouring into Paris by train and bus, carrying placards
that read, "We don't want your law, Francois" and "Don't touch my civil
code".
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