Homophobic and anti-abortion: Lrem rummages for reactions to his new government

Ten years after the debates on marriage for all, we may have held openly homophobic and reactionary positions, and quietly pursue his political career, even alongside La République en Marchewhere you are visibly welcomed with open arms.

This was already the case with the appointment of Gérald Darmanin, who was held at home after the reshuffle announced this morning. Tourcoing’s deputy and former mayor, who began his political career with the illustrious homophobe and UMP deputy Christian Vanneste, made no secret of his commitment alongside the Manif pour tous in 2013.

Here it is united from other personalities who defended a puritanical and retrograde vision of the couple and the family these last few years. This is the case, for example, of Christophe Béchu, the current mayor of the city of Angers, who has just been appointed to the Ecological Transition in favor of this ministerial reshuffle.

an attribution who is already struggling to convinceas this reaction of the journalist specializing in ecology Paloma Moritz demonstrates:

Christophe Béchu, this mayor who wanted to protect children

Christophe Béchu is also a man of conviction: remember that in 2016 the Sexosafe poster campaign was plastered all over France. It represents several gay couples to promote HIV and STI prevention tools.

A great initiative that had clashed with the most reactionary mayors. They mobilized screaming out of indecency and moralityand demanding its withdrawal, sometimes with success, as it posed a threat to children in their eyes.

Among these, Christophe Béchu who, on Public Sénat, he justified his mobilization against Sexosafe’s performance :

“When we use public space to convey messages, these messages must be public. The posters that speak of a one-night adventure, a moment with a stranger, a night, etc., do not fall within a logic of prevention in the classic sense, they contribute, above all for children and above all for them, since this is what motivated my decision, to a form of disturbance in public space, so in a very simple way I asked the Decaux company to remove all the posters placed near the schools. “

A public order disturbance you say? With that logic, we would eliminate almost any hint of sexuality in front of children, or even anything that might have to do with relationships that don’t fit into the heterosexuality framework … Take, like in Florida, for example.

Also impossible not to mention his opposition to marriage for all in 2013, as this archive testifies, when Christophe Béchu was a senator:

Caroline Cayeux: a faithful ally of François Fillon who wanted to return to the marriage law for all

And Christophe Béchu is not the only one. He was also joined by Caroline Cayeux, at Territorial Cohesion. These two should be on common groundas the mayor of Beauvais was also a fervent opponent of opening marriage to same-sex couples and he was one of the relatives of François Fillonwhich he strongly defended in 2017 during the presidential campaign.

It was at this time that, in an interview with Pointshared his immersed vision prejudices about the use ofabortionclaiming not to be in favor “to an abortion that could be a morning after pill”and stated that he wanted to change the law on the opening of adoption and marriage to all couples to edit the kinship text.

So here’s a new government that succeeds to aggregate some openly gay ministers such as Clément Beaune or Gabriel Attalto embody a delicately progressive and liberal wing, while consolidating a tougher right with personalities who assume their reactionary beliefs.

A very worrying sign, denounced by several left-wing elected officials, including Nupes’ deputies Sandrine Rousseau and Clémentine Autain:

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