Paris (AP) – France’s law prohibiting gay marriage does not violate the constitution, the country’s top constitutional watchdog ruled Friday, all but challenging parliament to debate overturning the ban.

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[ONLY] Seven European countries have legalized gay marriage: the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Ireland. In Britain, same-sex couples can form civil partnerships that give them the same legal protection, adoption and inheritance rights as married couples enjoy — but not the label of “marriage.”

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