In France, the repetition of coming 1968. Bashny.Net

The protest in Paris against gay marriage takes on a political color and is liable to get out of control. The Mother's Day, May 26, the streets of the French capital to demand the resignation of the government, according to official statistics, out of more than 200 thousand. Man, the correspondent of "Reedus" from the scene. On the roof of the headquarters of the Socialists in the morning it was posted stretching with political demands.

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At six in the evening in Paris on his Twitter the organizers said that the data about the participants of the action were once again underestimated the police. In doing so, the organizers report that the streets of the French capital reached more than 1 million people. The actual number of participants, according to the correspondent of" Reedus' defies calculation. "Rally could be two hundred thousand and five hundred, maybe a million" - sums up the reporter, adding that the protesters are now going to change the agreed route and call to go, as in the 68th, to the Sorbonne.

Originally conceived as the organizers - the networking of "Demonstration for All", the marchers from different parts of the city went to the point of total collection - House of disabled people in the heart of the French capital, it is now undergoing a rally. However, the gathering is not going to leave.



"On the podium a family that was here on foot from the province for 17 days, making 25 kilometers a day - our correspondent says. - According to the country over the last week happened dozens of suicide, there are hundreds of hunger. "



However, the official French media virtually ignored the event, protesters called a "liberal totalitarianism". In particular, the country's main agency France Press, reports on the Monaco Grand Prix and the success of the gay pride parade in Kiev, but not a word about the events in Paris.

Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls France said that this demonstration happened, "fewer people than in the previous action". "To go out on demonstrations - a right that is guaranteed by the Constitution and the need to respect those who go out on the peaceful actions, - said the head of the Interior Ministry - At the same time they oppose the law adopted by parliament, ratified the Constitutional Council, the significance of today's demonstration is not such as it was in previous actions ».

This false reaction of the authorities on civil speech causes a violent reaction from the population and then fights break out. His anger at the government Parisians often vent to representatives of sexual minorities.

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It is worth noting that in addition to the main protest, in the morning the streets of Paris took place in 2800 from Catholic fundamentalist organization Civitas.

And the night before in central Paris held an unauthorized rally. About 21.25 local time, civil society activists linked through social networks, blocking one of the central streets of Paris and lit smoke bombs. After 20 minutes, the action was stopped, 56 of its members arrested, they were accused of obstruction to traffic and refusing to obey police requirements.



Today's march - the first major protest since, as the French President Francois Hollande on May 18 signed a law on gay marriage, allowing, among other things, same-sex couples to adopt and adopt children. A similar rally opponents of the bill has already held in Paris in late March. According to various sources, it was attended by 300 thousand. 1, 4 million people.

Legalizing gay marriage was one of the points of the campaign Hollande and the Socialist Party. The National Assembly, the Senate and then France, where supporters of the dominant incumbent, approved the relevant law in April.

France became the ninth country in Europe and 14th in the world, where the relationship is now legalized same-sex couples. The first such marriage in France will take place on May 29 in Montpellier in the south of the country ...



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