France's constitutional court upheld on January 28, 2011 the country's ban on same-sex marriage, according to the Christian Post website.
A lesbian couple had challenged the law. But the Constitutional Council ruled that the law defining marriage as between a man and a woman as constitutional.
Same-sex civil unions are allowed in France. Couples that enter civil unions become eligible to file joint tax returns and share insurance policies and employment benefits.
But they do not enjoy all the benefits that come with marriage, such as inheritance rights and joint custody of children.
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