We in America, rightly or wrongly, often assume we’re in the rearguard on issues like gay rights and marriage equality (at least in terms of federal legislation) — certainly vis a vis many European countries. Yet the reaction in this country has been relatively tepid in the face of the huge changes over the last couple years. By contrast, hundreds of thousands of opponents turned out yesterday in Paris to protest a new bill legalizing full equality in France and at the end of the rally it actually turned violent.
Paris Riots Over Marriage Equality
