Talk:Same-sex marriage in France

message: I've added a link to the French Wikipedia entry which corresponds to this page, in case anyone who is more bilingual than I am would like a convenient way to keep them in synch with each other -- Ray Radlein, May 13, 2004
Hi - I would just like to say that the recognition by France of the Dutch same-sex marriage was only in the instance of two Dutch men and only with regards to submitting a joint tax declaration. France does not recognise a Dutch same-sex marriage between a Dutch man and a non-EU man, nor does it recognise a Dutch marriage in other areas aside from tax. -- mvangelderen, April 8, 2009  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvangelderen (talk • contribs) 16:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: The whole article talks about marriage. But that implies to anyone reading the article that it means a religious marriage. As far as I can tell from my quick reading of the news, the law change is with regards civil unions. Yes I know the LGBT groups are campaigning that marriage is marriage no matter what method is used, but it's important in an encyclopedia article to ensure that people do not get the wrong impression. I suggest that "marriage" throughout the article be changed to "civil union". 79.70.78.26 (talk) 06:27, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You should read proper news or try to understand the concept of Civil Marriage Vargmali (talk) 06:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Oooh, proper news by the BBC. Very authoritative. But even they don't spell out that that it is civil marriage. None of the references to marriage in this article mention the word civil. Marriage has been used for decades to mean the religious ceremony, whilst civil union is used for the state version. What France is legalising is the civil union. It is not a wedding or a marriage. It is a civil union. Marriage is used by those who want to equate religious marriage with civil marriage to make out that they are the same thing. They are not. One is a legally recognised union. The other is one carried out by people who have weird beliefs. 79.70.78.26 (talk) 17:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Read article 1 of the new law. It's marriage, not civil union. Ron 1987 (talk) 17:43, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll add that the French civil marriage is a ceremony on top of a contract, invented during the revolution to replace the religious marriage. It's the only kind of recognized marriage, in fact marrying religiously without first marrying civilly is punishable by law (the religious leader doing it can go to jail in theory). There is even a civil baptism ! Aesma (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage / Civil Union 

message: Anyone know what has happened or will happen with Chapin and Charpentier's case at the European Court of Human Rights? Will it be dropped by the court now that it has become moot? - htonl (talk) 20:17, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chapin and Charpentier's ECHR case 

message: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.48.31.34 (talk) 11:48, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  En 2018, 266 000 personnes vivent en couple avec un conjoint de même sexe 

message: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.48.31.34 (talk) 11:55, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  En France, les 133.000 couples de même sexe vivent principalement dans les grandes villes