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Nous sommes des usagers
du PaCS. Nous sommes des homosexuel/les, exclu(e)s du droit au mariage.
Des sans-papiers et des couples bi-nationaux, rendus à l'arbitraire
des préfectures. Des malades du sida, qui peuvent mourir avant d'avoir
acquis aucun droit. Des parents ou futurs parents gays ou lesbiens, privés
de droits pour leurs familles. Des allocataires des minima sociaux, qui
devront choisir entre le PaCS et le maintien de leurs allocations. Nous
sommes ceux dont le PaCS devrait améliorer les vies. Dans son état
actuel, ce projet ne le fera pas.
Aujourd'hui, nous créons un observatoire
du PaCS. Pendant les débats, nous nous engageons à surveiller
les députés. Après le vote, nous continuerons
à dénoncer les incohérences du texte, et nous
nous efforcerons, avec les instruments du droit, d'en corriger les lacunes.
7 April 1999
France's National Assembly again
passed a measure April 7 to grant gay and unmarried straight couples many
of the rights and
The vote was 300-253. Deputies affiliated
with the leftist government parties supported the bill while deputies from
the opposition parties
Under the measure, partners must
support each other financially and be jointly liable for debts related
to housing and living expenses.
A similar bill passed the Assembly last Dec. 9 but was rejected by the Senate March 18. The new measure now moves to the Senate.
26 March 1999 :
FRANCE, Paris - The French Senate
rejected a measure passed by the National Assembly in December that granted
unmarried
Reuters 08 December 1998 :
FRANCE, Paris - France's National
Assembly on Wednesday passed a controversial bill to improve the lot of
gay and non-married
The bill institutes a Civil Solidarity
Pact (PACS) that two cohabiting individuals aged over 18 may agree to improve
their rights
Parliamentarians nearly came to blows
last month over the bill, which opponents say could open the way to gay
marriages and adoption
Leftwingers say the PACS is needed
to adapt outdated laws to the evolution of French society, where marriages
are on the decline and
The right sees it as a haphazard
demagogical construction that makes legal nonsense, contradicts a host
of provisions of the civil code
But PACS has already become part
of the popular language, with young people jokingly asking each other:
"Do you want to pacs with
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