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By Diana Luna

French PACS. By Diana Luna . WHAT ARE PACS ?. The Civil Solidarity Pact law (PACS), is essentially “a contract concluded between two physical persons who have reached the age of majority, of different or the same gender, for the purposes of organizing their life in common.”. PACS vs. Marriage .

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  1. French PACS By Diana Luna

  2. WHAT ARE PACS? The Civil Solidarity Pact law (PACS), is essentially “a contract concluded between two physical persons who have reached the age of majority, of different or the same gender, for the purposes of organizing their life in common.”

  3. PACS vs. Marriage • File joint tax returns • Share common property rights • Enjoy same social welfare and inheritance advantages • Held accountable for each other’s debts

  4. PACS vs. Marriage • No possibility guardianship, joint adoption, or access to medical assisted procreation • Doesn’t accord partner automatic immigration rights • Union registered in court, not in City Hall • No dissolution process

  5. TIMELINE:

  6. TIMELINE:

  7. Conservative Opposition Huge rallies organized by conservative groups Demonstrations called for by several “pro-family” organizations In Feb. 1998, Paris rally drew 200,000 demonstrators

  8. The Church’s Response • Undermines the sanctity of marriage • Doesn’t produce children • Undermines morality

  9. “One cannot ignore… that this legislation is just the first step, for example, towards the adoption of children by people in a homosexual relationship… We fear for the future and we regret what has just happened.” - Louis Marie Bille, head of the Council of French Bishops

  10. Foucaultian Lens • Language of discourse • Power/knowledge • Negative relation

  11. THE BIBLE SAYS SO…

  12. The Policing of Marriage?

  13. Voulez-vous `pacser' avec moi?"

  14. Changing State of Affairs • Change from marriage to cohabitation in last 30 years • French marriage rate fallen more than 30% in past generation • 40% of children born out of wedlock

  15. Some Numbers: • In 2007, 75% of civil unions signed between heterosexual couples • 175,000 PACS were registered in 2009, of which 95% were heterosexual • 2 civil unions for every 3 marriages

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