France: Senate passes reading of full marriage equality bill

The articles have been voted on one by one. And now the French Senate has passed the marriage equality bill as a whole.

From Edge LGBT News:

The French Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.

The vote in the upper house of parliament - led by President Francois Hollande’s Socialists - comes despite boisterous protests. Opponents - mostly conservatives and fervent Roman Catholics - have sought to defend traditional marriage.

Both houses of parliament will now take up a second reading to consider minor Senate changes to the bill passed in February by the National Assembly, also controlled by a Socialist-led majority.