Police fought running battles with protesters in central Paris last night after the French parliament approved legislation authorising same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children.
The vote, which made France the fourteenth country in the world to legalise gay marriage, was hailed by supporters as an epoch-defining commitment to equality. But it sparked fury among opponents.
As protest marches turned violent, stones, bottles and iron bars rained down on riot police units brought in to protect parliament.
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Politicians Focused on Undoing Dodd-Frank Law
House Financial Services Committee, this month is planning on working to dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
According the the Hill, stated by Republicans; this legislation enacted in 2010 has excessive rules imposed on consumers and financial service companies.
“Supporters of Dodd-Frank sold it to the public as ‘tough Wall Street reform,’ but in reality its red tape hurts businesses and small-town banks far from Wall Street that had nothing to do with the 2008 financial crisis.”
The committee will hold at least two hearings on Dodd-Frank in the coming week.
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