Yikes. Thousands of people protested against France's proposed gay marriage bill this weekend. Here's what that looked like.
Background: France approved a draft law to allow same-sex marriage, saying it meant progress for the whole society. The law would also grant gay couples the right to adopt children, but not to use assisted procreation methods such as artificial inseminati
The law was said to be a done deal, but recent opposition like this protest might have put it in jeopardy.
At the protest there were lots of big banners, like this one that says: "France needs children, not homosexuals."
Image by Thibault Camus / AP
"The family is the base of the nation"
