France Gay Marriage

• France's first gay marriage takes place

  Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau said "I do" on Wednesday in France's first official gay marriage, as hundreds of guests and journalists looked on in the highly emotional ceremony.

• France to hold first gay marriage after last-ditch protest

  France on Wednesday celebrates its first gay marriage in the southern city of Montpellier after months of bitter debate and opposition that saw tens of thousands take to the streets.

• French Senate adopts gay marriage law

  France's upper house Senate voted Friday to approve a landmark bill granting homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt, after a heated debate and mass protests from conservatives and religious groups.

• France legalises gay marriage, allows same-sex couples to adopt children

  France's lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children.

• In France, gay marriage plans stir parenthood debate

  The French are all for sex and all for family - so long you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president's plans to legalize gay marriage have unexpectedly exposed.

• France to pass gay marriage, adoption law

  France's new Socialist government is to legalise marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday, reflecting a shift in public attitudes in the majority Catholic nation.