French Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira recites Creole poetry during the debate over same-sex marriage:
Nous les gueux
Nous les rien
Nous les peu
Nous les chiens
Nous les maigres
Nous les Nègres
We the beggars
We the nothing
We the not much
We the underdogs
We the feeble
We the Negroes
For more on the fight, read Cécile Alduy’s “Paternité, Maternité, Egalité.”
I especially love the horrified expressions of the people on the background (the anti-gay folks?).The Kiss, today (23/10/2012) in Marseille, France.
Two young women kissed in front of anti same sex marriage/adoption protesters.
Brava to these two wonderful women!
First Lady Michelle Obama congratulates members of Team USA after defeating France in a preliminary men’s basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday. (Photo: AP via The Huffington Post)
Angler Raphael Biagini bagged this massive 30lb goldfish — actually, an orange koi carp if you want to get all technical — while on a fishing trip in France.
fuck yes.
WHERE IS JOY-SAN? ARE THOSE THE ORANGE ISLANDS?
OH GOD HOW CLOSE IS IT TO EVOLVING?
dead
(via brashblacknonbeliever)
And you thought the US Presidential election season was heating up? France is going through a similar and crazier election season with the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, at risk of being a one-termer. And if today’s primary election is any indication, it looks like Sarkozy has got an uphill battle, as socialist Francoise Hollande, handily beat him. They will face off on May 6th. They will be also facing off with extreme right-winger Marine Le Pen, who can be equated to as a French Sarah Palin. Seriously, this presidential election is cray!
How cray? Check out this latest Presidential campaign ad for Francoise Hollande….