France's National Assembly approved the government's controversial "marriage for all" bill in a final vote yesterday, after months of fierce debate, the France 24 website reports today (February 13, 2013).
France's lower house voted by a clear majority to approve the marriage reform, which will allow same-sex couples the same spousal and adoption rights as their heterosexual counterparts.
The legislation -- which is President Francois Hollande's first major social reform and a key election pledge -- was backed by 329 deputies and opposed by 229.
The bill redefines marriage as a contract between two people rather than between a man and a woman. It will now go to the left-wing-controlled Senate -- or upper house -- on April 2, which is expected to approve it.
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