Catholics against same-sex marriage took to the streets of Paris to protest President Francois Hollande's plans to legalize both gay marriage and gay adoption over the weekend. The protesters were met by Femen, a Ukrainian activist group whose members went topless and donned nun habits in support of gay marriage.
On Sunday, the Catholic group Civitas organized the march of several thousand anti-gay protesters in Paris, according to the Associated Press.
Topless Femen activists dressed as nuns met the Catholic protesters, according to Gay Star News. The "nuns" sprayed powdered "sperm" from bottles and chanted pro-gay slogans. They donned the phrase "In Gay We Trust" on their bare chests.
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However, things turned hostile when the anti-gay protestors reportedly began assaulting activists.
French feminist writer Caroline Fourest told the Associated Foreign Press that the pro-family marchers "ran after [Femen], raging." Femen members allegedly attacked with punches and hurled objects, according to Gay Star News.
Femen posted about the violence on Facebook: "French religious nationalists have beaten the FEMEN sextremists during the homophobic catholic demonstration against gey [sic] marriage. FEMEN came to express our support to gey [sic] people." Two of the members have reportedly identified their attackers. One of the victims suffered a broken nose, the other lost a tooth.
Police said that about 9,000 people showed up to Sunday's march, according to AFP. Anti-gay protesters carried banners with slogans such as, "France needs children, not homosexuals."
Despite the fact that Hollande's government and its allies condemned the violence, Civitas official Alain Escada told AFP, "Our objective is to wage a real battle to protect the family and child." Escada said gay marriage is "a Pandora's box" that may be the catalyst for the extension of marriage rights to polygamists and incestuous people.
Sunday's protest followed a protest on Saturday dubbed the "March for Everyone," which included pro-family and Catholic groups, according to the AP. Thousands marched to the Invalides monument, Napeolon Bonaparte's final resting place, in a symbolic nod to France's marriage code, established by Bonaparte. A new marriage bill would legalize same-sex unions by dissolving the bill that says marriage is between a man and a woman. Gay adoption would be approved by replacing entries in a child's registry book from "father" and "mother" to "parent 1" and "parent 2."
The majority of French citizens support gay marriage, according to Reuters, but not the right for homosexuals to adopt.
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Eating A Ham Sandwich
Lunch time?
Leviticus 11:7-8 reads:
blockquoteAnd the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you./blockquote
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Tattoos
Thinking of getting the Superman insignia on your bicep?
Leviticus 19:28 states:
blockquoteYe shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD./blockquote
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Rounded Haircuts
Off to the barber?
Leviticus 19:27 states:
blockquoteYe shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard./blockquote
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Men With Injured Or Cut Off Private Parts Entering Houses Of God
It's bad enough if you're a man who has had his private parts injured -- or heaven forbid cut off -- but to add insult to injury, Deuteronomy 23:1 states:
blockquoteHe that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD./blockquote
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Consulting Psychics
Have you ever had your palm read? Or maybe you've consulted your horoscope for a little guidance?
Leviticus 19:31 reads:
blockquoteRegard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God./blockquote
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Gossiping
Heard some juicy news about Harold in the accounting department?
Can't wait to tell your BFF that you just read that Snooki is pregnant?
Leviticus 19:16 states:
blockquoteThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD./blockquote
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Wives Helping Out Their Husbands In A Fight
Gentlemen -- if you ever get in a fight and you get the feeling your lady might jump in and lend you a hand by squeezing your opponent's... ahem... "secrets," you'd better stop her.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12 states:
blockquoteWhen men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her./blockquote
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Children Cursing Their Parents
Kids these days -- you never know what's going to come out of their mouths!
But hopefully your child doesn't curse you because Exodus 21:17 states:
blockquote"And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."/blockquote
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Getting Remarried After Getting Divorced
When it comes to the Bible, this is a big no-no (unless your spouse was cheating on you):
Mark 10:11-12 states:
blockquoteWhosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery./blockquote
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Working On The Sabbath
In our fast-paced society, does anyone really work Monday to Friday from 9-5?
Exodus 31:14-15 states:
blockquote"Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death./blockquote
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Women Speaking In Houses Of God
Headed to church, ladies?
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 states:
blockquoteLet your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church./blockquote
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Eating Shrimp, Lobster, And Other Assorted Seafood
Craving a big bowl of popcorn shrimp?
Leviticus 10-11 states:
blockquoteAnd all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination./blockquote
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Losing Your Virginity Before You Get Married
Today it might be harder to find a bride who is a virgin rather than the other way around.
But Deuteronomy 22:20-21 states:
blockquoteBut if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you/blockquote
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