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Same-sex unions emerge as issue in French presidential race.

France to legalize gay marriage in 2013

France's new Socialist government plans to legalize both marriage and adoption for same-sex couples.

France's National Assembly has approved the first article of a bill that will allow gay couples to marry and adopt children.

Illinois Senate approves same-sex marriage

Valentine's Day 2013 was a special one in Illinois, when its Senate approved same-sex marriage.

Gays and lesbians take part in a fake gay wedding celebrated by Green party Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) activists on the second day of EELV's summer party conference, on Aug. 19, 2011, in Clermont-Ferrand.

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