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David & Jonathan : Nous, chrétien-ne-s lesbiennes, gay, bi, trans ou hétéros, défilerons ensemble lors de la Marche des Fiertés LGBT de Paris

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David & Jonathan, the French group of LGBT Christians, have announced that this year for the first time, Christians will have a faith presence under a single banner at Paris’ gay pride march.

Pour la première fois cette année, uni-e-s sous une même bannière, nous, chrétien-ne-s lesbiennes, gay, bi’, trans’ ou hétéros, défilerons ensemble lors de la Marche des Fiertés du samedi 2 juillet à Paris.

Avec ce symbole d’unité au sein d’organisations diverses, nous voulons clamer haut et fort que si certaines Églises font preuve de par le monde d’une homophobie parfois très violente, d’autres au contraire font preuve d’une acceptation pleine et entière des personnes LGBT dans toutes les dimensions de leur vie, à la fois spirituelle et affective. Dans des paroisses, la reconnaissance des personnes LGBT et des couples de même sexe progresse et doit continuer à progresser ; plusieurs d’entre elles proposent désormais de bénir ou de marier des couples de femmes et des couples d’hommes. Nous aussi, nous sommes l’Église.

Quelques heures avant de défiler, nous serons à 10h30 la Cathédrale américaine de Paris pour une célébration inclusive qui, comme le mot d’ordre de la Marche des Fiertés, mettra l’accent sur la nécessité de faire changer notre société, pour que les personnes trans soient respectées comme toutes les autres personnes, libres et égales en droit et en dignité. À cette occasion, des chrétien.ne.s trans’, bi’, lesbiennes et gays témoigneront sur leur parcours de vie. Nous fêterons ensemble l’amour inconditionnel de Dieu manifesté en son fils Jésus-Christ pour toutes et tous. Cette célébration œcuménique sera animée conjointement par toutes nos associations et présidée par la chanoine de la Cathédrale, la Révérende Mary Haddad.

Source: David & Jonathan 2.0 

Bénédiction des couples homosexuels, un an de débats chez les protestants – La Croix

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Il y a un an, l’Église protestante unie de France (EPUdF) adoptait à la quasi-unanimité une mesure permettant aux pasteurs de bénir des couples homosexuels. Cette décision a suscité de nombreux remous au sein du protestantisme français et lancé une vaste réflexion au sein de la Fédération protestante de France sur ce qui unit de nombreuses Églises très différentes les unes des autres.

Source: La Croix

France ends standoff with Vatican by withdrawing gay envoy nominee

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Laurent Stefanini’s nomination as ambassador to the Holy See was stonewalled by RomeFrance ended a year-long standoff with the Vatican on Wednesday by announcing that Laurent Stefanini, a gay diplomat whose nomination as ambassador to the Holy See was stonewalled by Rome, had been named the new French representative to UNESCO.

The decision, a serious loss of face for the increasingly beleaguered President François Hollande, was made public in a terse sentence at the end of a communiqué listing decisions taken at the weekly cabinet meeting. It made no mention of the drama that has surrounded the case.It was also a personal defeat for Stefanini, 55, a practising Catholic and deputy head of the French mission to the Vatican who is a respected diplomat and was reported to have the personal support of France’s top Curia cardinal, Jean-Louis Tauran, and Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris.

Source: France ends standoff with Vatican by withdrawing gay envoy nominee

« Les Eglises face au mariage des couples de même sexe » : retour sur la journée doctorale du 26 février 2016 – L’ACCUEIL RADICAL

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Cette journée doctorale a été organisée par deux enseignantes en théologie pratique, Christine Aulenbacher (faculté de théologie catholique de Strasbourg) et Isabelle Grellier (faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg).

Tenue dans la salle Pateur du Palais Universitaire, elle est introduite sur les documents officiels dans ces termes :

« La banalisation de l’homosexualité et la demande des couples de même sexe de pouvoir s’unir par le mariage comme les couples hétérosexuels interrogent la compréhension traditionnelle du mariage qui a longtemps été portée par les Eglises. A travers l’analyse de prises de position d’évêques de France et celle du processus synodal mené dans l’Eglise protestante de France, nous analyserons deux façons de se positionner face aux questions que pose le mariage des couples de même sexe et face aux demandes qu’elles adressent aux Eglises. »

Source: L’ACCUEIL RADICAL

LGBT – friendly Mosque Opens in France

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The first gay-friendly mosque, a place of cult where gay and trans Muslims can join others with no fear nor shame, was opened in France.

With a clamorous rupture in the relationship between homosexuality and Islam, this initiative aims at guaranteeing a fundamental requirement for a sacred temple: no follower should be denied access, not even based on sexual orientation. Even if some Islamic followers consider homosexuality as a normal expression of human feelings, with no relation to negative judgments, they are still a minority. Moreover, the debate taking place under the Eiffel Tower on gay marriage led Imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed to the utmost discretion, even on the position of the Tawhid Mosque. Of which we only know the location – XVIII° arrondissement in Paris. The exact address will be accessible only for those registered in the French Muslim Gay Association (HM2F).

via  – West.

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France’s Senate passes entire gay marriage, adoption law

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The upper level of French parliament has passed the ‘Marriage for All’ bill, which has seen thousands of people protest for and against in the streets.

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It follows the individual votes on the articles of the bill, in which a majority of the Socialist-led Senate agreed gay marriage and adoptions should become legal on 9 and 10 April.

Both houses of parliament will now take up a second reading to consider minor Senate changes to the bill passed in February by the National Assembly. It will then be sent to President François Hollande to sign into law.

On 10 April, around 5,000 people came together to protest against homophobic violence in Paris, which has escalated due to the widespread protests for and against marriage equality and adoptions for gay couples.

The anti-gay group Manif Pour Tous has announced it will stage another massive rally in a last-ditch effort to demand the bill’s withdrawal and call for a national referendum on 26 May.

In Europe, marriage equality is legal in Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

via Gay Star News.

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French gay couples get right to ‘marry, adopt children’

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Gay couples in France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children as of 2013, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has announced in parliament.

The announcement was part of a keynote speech outlining the new Socialist government’s five-year plan.

It confirms an election pledge made by President Francois Hollande.

A number of European nations including Germany, Sweden and Britain already allow gay adoption.

At present only married couples – not civil union partners – can adopt in France.

“In the first half of 2013, the right to marriage and adoption will be open to all couples, without discrimination,” Mr Ayrault told parliament.

“Our society is evolving, lifestyles and mentalities are changing. The government will respond to that.”

He announced the news during a keynote speech outlining the government’s budget and political agenda.

Symbolic gesture

Gays in France make up 6.5% of the electorate, compared with practising Catholics at 4.5%, according to figures released by pollster Ifop.

A survey carried out at the beginning of the year showed 63% of French people are in favour of gay marriage while 56% support gay adoption.

The confirmation of the new law came only days after Paris held its annual Gay Pride parade, which this year was buoyed by the new goverment’s promise to legalise gay marriage and adoption rights.

In a symbolic gesture, French Minister for Families Dominique Bertinotti turned out to see the parade floats set off.

European nations allowing gay adoption include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Britain.

via BBC News .

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French prime minister: Equal marriage and adoption laws to be introduced ‘quickly’

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The French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a French television station this morning a change in legislation to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children will be done ‘quickly’ and that a draft is ‘ready’.

According to French news website Yagg.com, M Ayrault told radio station RMC and TV station BFMTV this morning that the measures would be implemented soon.

It was not clear whether the prime minister meant a draft bill had been drawn up, but the site reported remarks made by Gilles Bon-Maury, the president of the Socialists’ Homosexualités et Socialisme faction that such a bill could be presented to Parliament for discussion “before the autumn”.

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(This statement in a radio interview largely repeats a commitment made in a government communique, within days of taking office).

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