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La Manif pour tous | |
Named after | Mariage pour tous |
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Formation | November 2, 2012 |
Founder | Frigide Barjot, Albéric Dumont, Ludovine de La Rochère |
Founded at | Paris |
Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Promotion of traditional marriage, nuclear family. Opposition to same-sex marriage, adoption, and " gender ideology". |
Location |
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Region served | Europe |
Methods | Protests, reports, policy proposals |
President | Ludovine de La Rochère |
Vice-president | Albéric Dumont [ fr] |
Website |
www |
La Manif pour tous (LMPT) is a political organization in France [1] which is responsible for most of the large demonstrations and actions in opposition to laws enabling same-sex marriage (better known as mariage pour tous—Marriage for all) and adoption by same-sex couples in France. [2]
Since the law was enacted in May 2013, the group's demands have remained the same: [3] opposition to marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, to assisted reproductive technology in the absence of a father for the child, and to all forms of gestational surrogacy (including for male-female couples). [4] The movement supports father-mother-child filiation and opposes " gender ideology" [5] (successively named théorie du gender, théorie du genre and idéologie du genre in French).[ citation needed]
Described by Le Monde as bringing together numerous organizations, of which the main ones are almost all religious and mainly linked to Catholicism, [1] and supported in its calls for public demonstrations by many members of the right wing and the far-right in France, [6] the group identified itself as apolitical and non-denominational [7] before it became a political party itself in April 2015. [8] [9] Internal divisions resulted in the successive departures of its founders Béatrice Bourges, Frigide Barjot, and Xavier Bongibault.
The name La Manif pour tous means "Protest for all" and was named after the French expression Le mariage pour tous ("marriage for all") which was the popular term used in France to promote same sex marriage, and also to refer to the Civil solidarity pact (PaCS), the 1999 French law permitting civil union between same-sex partners. [10]
Some of the objectives of La Manif pour tous include:
An organized group called for a boycott in 2014 involving pulling children from schools one day a month to protest against the alleged anti-family actions of the government. [10]
Surrogacy is currently illegal in France for everyone; In vitro fertilization and other birth-assistive technology is available, but only to heterosexual couples. The government says it has no plans to change the situation, and Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared his opposition to surrogacy in all forms. Regarding "gender theory" or sex education in pre-schools the government says they are false rumors created on purpose by conservatives with ties to far-right groups. [10]
La Manif pour tous has been criticized as homophobic and using children to make a political point. [11]
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the corresponding article in French. (August 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
La Manif pour tous | |
Named after | Mariage pour tous |
---|---|
Formation | November 2, 2012 |
Founder | Frigide Barjot, Albéric Dumont, Ludovine de La Rochère |
Founded at | Paris |
Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Promotion of traditional marriage, nuclear family. Opposition to same-sex marriage, adoption, and " gender ideology". |
Location |
|
Region served | Europe |
Methods | Protests, reports, policy proposals |
President | Ludovine de La Rochère |
Vice-president | Albéric Dumont [ fr] |
Website |
www |
La Manif pour tous (LMPT) is a political organization in France [1] which is responsible for most of the large demonstrations and actions in opposition to laws enabling same-sex marriage (better known as mariage pour tous—Marriage for all) and adoption by same-sex couples in France. [2]
Since the law was enacted in May 2013, the group's demands have remained the same: [3] opposition to marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, to assisted reproductive technology in the absence of a father for the child, and to all forms of gestational surrogacy (including for male-female couples). [4] The movement supports father-mother-child filiation and opposes " gender ideology" [5] (successively named théorie du gender, théorie du genre and idéologie du genre in French).[ citation needed]
Described by Le Monde as bringing together numerous organizations, of which the main ones are almost all religious and mainly linked to Catholicism, [1] and supported in its calls for public demonstrations by many members of the right wing and the far-right in France, [6] the group identified itself as apolitical and non-denominational [7] before it became a political party itself in April 2015. [8] [9] Internal divisions resulted in the successive departures of its founders Béatrice Bourges, Frigide Barjot, and Xavier Bongibault.
The name La Manif pour tous means "Protest for all" and was named after the French expression Le mariage pour tous ("marriage for all") which was the popular term used in France to promote same sex marriage, and also to refer to the Civil solidarity pact (PaCS), the 1999 French law permitting civil union between same-sex partners. [10]
Some of the objectives of La Manif pour tous include:
An organized group called for a boycott in 2014 involving pulling children from schools one day a month to protest against the alleged anti-family actions of the government. [10]
Surrogacy is currently illegal in France for everyone; In vitro fertilization and other birth-assistive technology is available, but only to heterosexual couples. The government says it has no plans to change the situation, and Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared his opposition to surrogacy in all forms. Regarding "gender theory" or sex education in pre-schools the government says they are false rumors created on purpose by conservatives with ties to far-right groups. [10]
La Manif pour tous has been criticized as homophobic and using children to make a political point. [11]
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