FRANCE:Two homosexuals lost their appeal to have France's first "gay wedding" recognised as legal yesterday when the country's top court ruled only a change in the law would permit same-sex unions.
As the law stood, marriage was only possible between a man and a woman, the Cour de Cassation said in a statement that accompanied its ruling.
"Only the adoption of a new law by parliament could allow the situation to evolve," said the court. Stéphane Chapin and Bertrand Charpentier had argued that the law did not explicitly state marriage had to involve persons of the opposite sex. - ( Reuters )
