Pierre Bergé, the gay-rights activist who is chairman of Le Monde’s board of directors, was so livid when he saw the advertisement that he fired off a series of Twitter messages that had managers quaking in their shoes.
It got even worse for senior staff at the newspaper when Valérie Trierweiler, President Hollande’s partner, relayed Mr Bergé’s furious messages in what was taken as an expression of support for him from the Elysée Palace.
The row comes with Mr Hollande’s Bill authorising same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children being debated in the French Senate amid fierce opposition from Roman Catholic and conservative groups.
Manif Pour Tous (A Demo for All), the main opposition campaign group — whose name is a reference to the Government’s Bill, Marriage for All — took an advertisement in Le Monde on Wednesday. In a message to senators, it said: “The Marriage for All Bill and the outcome of this moral, social and political crisis is in your hands. We are counting on your democratic wisdom.”
The Times.
Fagburn se demande si Rupert Murdoch, Richard Desmond, Viscount Rothermere, ou les frères Barclay serait même outragée?
Bien sûr que non - les vieux salauds!
PS Mais aussi, 'Larousse, the authoritative French dictionary, has infuriated Right-wing MPs after it altered its definition of marriage to a union of "two persons" rather than "between man and woman". Sacré bleu.
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