General view of the hemicycle as French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira delivers a speech during the opening session of debate on the same-sex marriage bill at the French Senate in Paris April 4, 2013. The French Senate took its first look on Thursday at controversial gay marriage bill, which gives homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt children. The bill has passed in the lower house but divided society, as opponents clamoured for a referendum. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)