The Constitutional Court in France has rejected a lesbian couple’s bid to overturn the French ban on same-sex marriage. Judges ruled that marriage was legal only between a man and a woman.
A French female teacher and pediatrician – who have lived together for 15 years and have four children – were turned down by the French Constitutional Court on Friday in their bid to overturn the country’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Judges found that the law defining marriage as valid only between a male and female was acceptable under the French constitution.
The court rejected the couple’s argument that the two articles in the French civil code defining marriage were unconstitutional and discriminatory against homosexuals.
However, the judges added that it was up to parliament to decide if the ban should be overturned – and not the constitutional authority.
Gay rights activists in France slammed Friday’s decision as a missed chance for change in the French constitution.
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