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France to legalise gay weddings after Constitutional Council consent

France's Constitutional Council cleared the way on Friday for same-sex marriage, throwing out a last-ditch effort by opponents to scupper the country's biggest social reform since abolition of the death penalty.

After months of sometimes violent street demonstrations, the Council gave the go-ahead to a law that will make France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings, in line with an election promise by Socialist President Francois Hollande.

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