France

The French Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage last week, ignoring the protests of hundreds of thousands of traditional marriage supporters.

The French National Assembly approved a bill in February that legalizes gay marriage and allows same-sex couples to adopt children, following months of protests and debates.

While the number of converts remains small in France, annual conversions have doubled in the past 25 years, presenting a growing challenge to that country, according to anti-terrorism officials.

French and Mali army troops have made key gains against Islamic rebels in northern Mali in recent days.

France's socialist government plans to vote this year on a bill that would redefine marriage, but many of its citizens, both liberal and conservative, would rather the vote be put to the people, not left in the hands of a select few lawmakers.

Gays, lesbians and bisexuals from all over France gathered with others to protest. Their demands: legislation proposed by French president François Hollande allowing same-sex couples to adopt must be stopped and same-sex marriage must not be permitted. You read that correctly.

About 340,000 people converged on the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday to protest a proposed gay marriage law.

Americans need to understand these lessons from across the Atlantic. They must know that welfareship is not optimal. The more welfare, the less well-being.

French president François Hollande recently announced that he wants French schools to put an end to homework in order to level the playing field for the nation’s students.