Word: kleitz
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...advisor for an international ngo who lives in Paris. "We have a conservative government that, rather than encouraging society to change, only changes things when they are absolutely sure they won't upset anyone." Under French law, Bedos cannot marry his partner of six years, 42-year-old Gilles Kleitz. Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium allow same-sex couples to wed, but France and Britain recognize only a form of civil union. And no country has yet drafted legislation that would legitimize the family structure Bedos and Kleitz have adopted. Together with Nathalie Jobard, 42, and Sophie Rajzman, 38, they...
...normal. "We teach her that there are families with a father, mother and children; families with a single father or a single mother, and families with two women or two men that live together. She knows what kind of family configuration she has." The French authorities do not. Neither Kleitz nor Rajzman have any official relationship with their daughter. If both biological parents died, Kleitz and Rajzman would be at the mercy of the courts and dependent on the good faith of Louise's other blood relations to keep custody of their daughter. Such inequities brought 800,000 protestors onto...
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