Anti-gay marriage marchers take to French streets

This article discusses French President Francois Hollande's plans to legalize gay marriage and gay adoptions within the next year. He calls the plan the "marriage for everyone" plan, but the journalist discusses how this plan is "divid[ing] the country."  The journalist includes the piece of evidence that many of the protesters were pro-family and Catholic groups.  This shows what type of audience this plan is enraging, and therefore he implies the narrow-mindedness of some of these groups.  The journalist states that the protests ended at a statue of Napoleon Bonaparte.  By ending at this statue, the protesters are poignantly alluding to his "civil code" which would have to be adjusted with the "marriage for everyone" plan.  Napoleon's code states that marriage is between a man and a woman, which gay rights obviously defies.  In a child's registry book, the titles of Father and Mother would have to be replaced to parent 1 and parent 2 if this plan is put into effect. The journalist ends the article with a strong use of logos, as he explains where the largest demonstrations were, how the people at the protests were dressed, and explains that many French people are in favor of gay marriage, but not as many people support the rights for gay couples to adopt children.

Link to article : http://news.msn.com/world/anti-gay-marriage-marchers-take-to-french-streets