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October 22, 2012

Reuters: Gay marriage plan hits opposition, delays in France

by Tom Heneghan and Alexandria Sage
Reuters

(Reuters) - Plans by France's Socialist government to legalize same-sex marriage are proving harder to enact than first thought after faith leaders and conservatives mobilized against it even as left-wing deputies try to expand it.

With a solid majority it won last spring, the government originally only planned short parliamentary hearings and a debate early next year before voting on one of President Francois Hollande's most divisive campaign promises and something he has framed as a trademark reform.

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