Tag Archives: Manif Pour Tous

Manif Pour Tous: Protests Will Continue

Last night dozens of anti-gay protesters were arrested in Paris and Lyon as battles with riot police continued.  But Manif Pour Tous says their “peaceful protests” will not end and will spread to more cities. Here’s their blog post about yesterday’s vote: The debate was yet again extremely tense at the Assemblée, though the French are rallying more than ever …

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French Anti-Gay March Time Lapse

Sped up into two minutes, here’s Sunday’s one-hour anti-gay Manif Pour Tous march through Paris. On their website the group is claiming that 270,000 people attended.

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FRANCE: Anti-Gay Protesters Battle Riot Police After Same-Sex Marriage Vote

More violence broke out in Paris tonight following the final passage of same-sex marriage. Via the Associated Press: Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police. Legions of officers stayed late into the night, and a protest against the measure turned violent near the Invalides complex of museums and monuments. Protesters threw glass bottles, cans and metal …

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French Homocons Have The Sadz

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FRANCE: Parliament Head Furiously Orders Protester Out Of Gallery Before Vote

Can we get a translation? And what the asshat was shouting?

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Tweet Of The Day – Frigide Barjot

Google Translate: “Is not it a problem that the passage of a law arouses much hatred and violence among its supporters?”  Unbelievable. (Via JMG reader TJ)

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Dejected Frigide Barjot Gets Heckled

And pushed around a little too. Veuillez installer Flash Player pour lire la vidéo (Tipped by JMG reader TJ)

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Marriage Gives Manif Pour Tous The Sadz

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TODAY: Final French Marriage Vote, Police Place Water Cannons Outside Parliament
UPDATE: The Final Debate Has Begun
UPDATE II: Marriage PASSES 331-225!!!

Today at about 11:30AM New York City time, the French National Assembly will make the final legislative vote on same-sex marriage.  As the anti-gay protests have grown increasingly violent and especially in light of yesterday’s death threat against the president of the Assembly, police are taking “extraordinary” security measures. Paris police have stepped up security ahead of a final parliamentary …

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TONIGHT: Manif Pour Tous To Stage March On French National Assembly

The final vote is today.

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NOM Remains Silent On French Violence

Last week NOM president Brian Brown praised the “peaceful protests” of their partners in France’s increasingly violent anti-gay marriage movement, which has been supported by an in-person appearance by Brown himself.  NOM remains completely silent on the recent rash of brutal gay-bashings, gay bars attacks, riot police with tear gas and batons, children used as human shields, and now a …

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FRANCE: Riot Police Tear Gas Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters, Scuffle With Priest

At a Manif Pour Tous protest on Friday night, anti-gay activists battled French riot police who used tear gas and batons on some of the crowd. One of the protesters in the scuffle is reportedly a Catholic priest with the anti-semitic Society of St Pius X, who runs the church outside of which the melee occurred. A much longer non-embeddable …

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Gunpowder Mailed To French National Assembly President Claude Bartolone:
“You Wanted War And You’ve Got It”

Today French National Assembly president Claude Bartolone was mailed a letter containing gunpowder.  The enclosed message demands that he cancel tomorrow’s vote on same-sex marriage and warns: “You wanted war and you’ve got it.” The Local reports: The one-page letter, signed by “an intermediary of law enforcement,” warns Bartolone that “our methods are more radical and more swift than protests”, …

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New From Manif Pour Tous

The music is Bound To Ravage by Sweden’s Diamond Dogs. One presumes that is supposed to be a warning to us. Or something.

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FRANCE: Tens Of Thousands Attend Anti-Gay Marriage Protest In Paris

France’s anti-gay Manif Pour Tous is live-streaming today’s marriage protest. Via Reuters: Chanting “We don’t want your law, Hollande!”, some 50,000 protesters massed behind a banner reading: “All born of a Mum and a Dad” and said it was undemocratic to bring about such a fundamental social change without holding a referendum. Hastily organized after the law’s passage was sped …

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FRANCE: Anti-Marriage Rally Turns Violent, Protesters Attack Police & Reporters

French President Francois Hollande today issued a statement denouncing the violence that took place last night after anti-gay marriage protesters attacked police and journalists.  Via The Local: “Homophobic acts, violent acts have been committed. The right to protest is recognised by our constitution and accepted by the French. But no protest must degenerate,” Hollande said. Several people were detained for …

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