France will introduce a bill next month to be passed in 2013 to allow gay marriages and homosexual couples to adopt children. This will bring France in to line with other EU countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Not an easy thing to do when 60% of French people would describe themselves as Roman Catholic.
I wondered where the UK stood on this at the moment and know that civil partnerships are allowed but not marriage. Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriages after the SNP announced plans to make the change, which would come in to force in 2015. Glen Campbell a BBC Scottish correspondent thinks it is entirely possible that Scotland and the UK could change at roughly the same time.
In a sondage, a poll in the Depeche Sunday 16th 59% of readers were against both options.
