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"L'Assemblée Nationale a adopté" <3
Feb. 12th, 2013 10:27 pmI'd taken the day off today but it was far from being an idle one. I went to the library to work on my thesis in the morning - yes, I am in fact still working on it ;) - followed by lunch with a friend. I then decided to study in a more relaxed atmosphere in the afternoon so headed to work some more in a Starbucks nearby - well one of the Starbucks nearby - before rushing to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
greedy_dancer's place to watch the Assemblée Nationale live feed with her because today was a Very Special day indeed. It was the show finale! Or maybe just the season finale, depending on how it goes with the Senate. Still, finale! Today was the actual vote! The one that would determine once and for all whether the Assemblée backed the law or not. Between you and me, it was a done deal but still, as long as it's not official...
It was a very moving moment! I really enjoyed the speeches made by the party representatives as a sort of summary of their positions and opinions on the subject. Well, except for Mariton, obviously, member extraordinaire of the Opposition, whose speech made GD and I yell many times - which was par for the course, admittedly. But the others, the others were very touching and/or passionate (you go, M. Tourret!) We might have shed a tear or two, even! I blame Sergio Coronado, he's the one that started making me cry. Damn you, Sergio, damn you!
Then they voted and lo! It passed, by 329 to 229. You know how fans can get invested in a tv show, well, I let you imagine how invested GD and I were in this particular "tv show" lol I'm so happy I followed it every day, it was enlightening. Very frustrating sometimes because some of the things I heard from the Opposition were just so offensive. Ridiculous and idiotic, without a doubt, but so very offensive too. But then there would be Christiane Taubira and Marie-George Buffet (who was christened Buffet Vampire Slayer on Twitter lol) and Erwann Binet and Sergio Coronado and all those people who were fighting so fiercely for a cause they believed in, who were fighting for my, our rights, and, man, it was heartwarming ♥
( Btw, my #TeamTaubira shirt was waiting for me when I got home! )
Anyway, season 1 is done with. Now onto the Senate! Let's hope they back the measure without any modifications so that we can get on with it. We were told we could expect the first gay weddings by June - PTB, don't let us down now, not when we're so close!
greedy_dancer's place to watch the Assemblée Nationale live feed with her because today was a Very Special day indeed. It was the show finale! Or maybe just the season finale, depending on how it goes with the Senate. Still, finale! Today was the actual vote! The one that would determine once and for all whether the Assemblée backed the law or not. Between you and me, it was a done deal but still, as long as it's not official... It was a very moving moment! I really enjoyed the speeches made by the party representatives as a sort of summary of their positions and opinions on the subject. Well, except for Mariton, obviously, member extraordinaire of the Opposition, whose speech made GD and I yell many times - which was par for the course, admittedly. But the others, the others were very touching and/or passionate (you go, M. Tourret!) We might have shed a tear or two, even! I blame Sergio Coronado, he's the one that started making me cry. Damn you, Sergio, damn you!
Then they voted and lo! It passed, by 329 to 229. You know how fans can get invested in a tv show, well, I let you imagine how invested GD and I were in this particular "tv show" lol I'm so happy I followed it every day, it was enlightening. Very frustrating sometimes because some of the things I heard from the Opposition were just so offensive. Ridiculous and idiotic, without a doubt, but so very offensive too. But then there would be Christiane Taubira and Marie-George Buffet (who was christened Buffet Vampire Slayer on Twitter lol) and Erwann Binet and Sergio Coronado and all those people who were fighting so fiercely for a cause they believed in, who were fighting for my, our rights, and, man, it was heartwarming ♥
( Btw, my #TeamTaubira shirt was waiting for me when I got home! )
Anyway, season 1 is done with. Now onto the Senate! Let's hope they back the measure without any modifications so that we can get on with it. We were told we could expect the first gay weddings by June - PTB, don't let us down now, not when we're so close!
