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<p style="font-size:14px" align="center"><b> January 14, 2013</b></p></td>
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<p style="font-size:14px" align="center"><span style="font-size:21px;color:#a75d23;font-weight:bold">Massive Demonstrations in France<br>
in Support of Marriage<br>
Should be an Inspiration to Us All!</span> </p>
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<p style="margin:1em"><b>On Sunday, French citizens took to the
streets in a massive demonstration to protest their president’s new
bill to legalize same-sex marriage by June. Not only did French
citizens demonstrate in their own capitol, but they also demonstrated in
capitols around the world. Estimates of the crowds in Paris <span style="margin:1em"><img src="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/images/paris_20130113_1.jpg" align="left" height="308" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="230"></span>alone
range from 500,000 to 800,000, with one official even estimating
1,300,000 participants! We understand some 5000 elected
representatives also participated in the demonstrations. </b>You can watch a video clip of the crowd as seen from the Eiffel Tower (VIDEO:) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rafbNjSpytA" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.
The photos of the demonstration provided by Maria Hildingsson,
Secretary General of the Catholic Family Association in Europe, also
show the massive number of people that filled the streets.</p>
<p style="margin:1em"> As you have probably read in the
Family Watch clips highlighted in our newsletter, in recent months,
there has been increasing turmoil in France over marriage. The victory
of the socialists in the last election and the promise of President
François Hollande to quickly legalize homosexual marriage set off this
massive backlash. Hopefully, Hollande’s enthusiasm to legalize same-sex
marriage has been dramatically dampened by this growing resistance.</p>
<p style="margin:1em"> Hollande himself is not married to his female partner who is reported to be someone else’s wife.</p>
<p style="margin:1em"> <span style="margin:1em"><img src="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/images/paris_20130113_2.jpg" align="right" height="179" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="320"></span>Ironically,
a few years ago, the French National Assembly, the lower house of the
country’s parliament, created a commission to look at what could be
done to strengthen families and protect children in that country.
Among its recommendations was that France not legalize homosexual
marriage, not allow homosexuals to adopt children and not support
same-sex couples who wanted to have children through artificial
reproductive techniques. We have posted a <a href="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/France_Report_Family_exec_summary.pdf" target="_blank"><b>summary of this report</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/Eng_trans_Exec_Summary_of_Assemblys_report.pdf" target="_blank"><b>executive summary translated into English</b></a> on the <a href="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/resources.cfm" target="_blank"><b>Family Policy Resource Center</b></a> on our website. </p>
<p style="margin:1em">The fact is, that in every place
homosexual marriage has been legalized, same-sex marriage advocates
have tried to cover up the scientific and historical evidence showing
that generally <img src="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/images/paris_20130113_3.jpg" align="left" height="267" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="200">men,
women and children do best, according to all measurable indicators of
well-being when they reside in a mother/father family and that any
deviation from the model generally leads to negative outcomes for all
involved.</p>
<p style="margin:1em"> Since we have found that when
people understand these facts they will usually reject proposals to
legalize homosexual marriage, our continuing challenge is to
disseminate this information to good people everywhere that marriage is
threatened.</p>
<p style="margin:1em"> Several years ago, when
pro-family forces were trying to protect marriage in Spain, I had the
privilege of speaking to a rally in Madrid that numbered over a million
people. I can tell you that there is an energy in such gatherings
that is tremendously inspiring and highly motivating. </p>
<p style="margin:1em">I hope you feel as inspired as I am by
this overwhelming show of support for marriage in France. The French
have set an example that family defenders around the world can follow.
We at Family Watch are ready and motivated to redouble our efforts to
protect marriage and the family wherever we can. How about you?
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<p style="margin:1em">Sincerely,<br>
<img src="http://www.familywatchinternational.org/fwi/images/slater_signature.jpg" alt="Sharon Slater"><br>
Sharon Slater<br>
President </p>
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