France legalized gay marriage today Tuesday after a wrenching national debate and protests that flooded the streets of Paris.
Legions of officers and water cannon stood ready near France's National Assembly ahead of the final vote, bracing for possible violence on an issue that galvanized the country's faltering conservative movement.
The measure passed easily in the Socialist-majority Assembly, 331-225, just minutes after the president of the legislative body expelled a disruptive protester in pink, the color adopted by French opponents of gay marriage. "Only those who love democracy are here," Claude Bartelone, the Assembly president, said angrily.
Read more: France Legalizes Gay Marriage After Harsh Debate - ABC News
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