Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen pledges to end same-sex marriage and the gay voters seem to be strong supporters. 

National Front leader said she would abolish same-sex marriage in list of pledges. Le Pen said reversal of the same-sex marriage law would not be retroactive. President Francois Hollande signed a law legalizing same sex-marriage in 2013.

Daily Mail Online reports that Le Pen said she would abolish same-sex marriage in a long list of 144 pledges released this week.

President Francois Hollande signed a law that legalized gay marriage in 2013. Le Pen, who is currently leading the polls for the spring elections, said the reversal of the same-sex marriage law would not be retroactive.The candidate explained that gay couples would be able to enter into civil partnerships (PACS).

An interesting piece of information reported is that despite the pledge to abolish the same-sex marriage law Le Pen has gained the support of LGBT voters in France. According to the Guardian her support from gay married couples rose from from 19 percent in 2012 to 32 percent in 2015. It is believed that her campaign push to create awareness of the threat Islam may pose to the LGBT community is key to the increasing support.

In the Daily Mail Online article it is pointed out that the party also has several gay men in senior positions, including Le Pen’s deputy Florian Philippot.

Dailly Mail Online original article / TRUNEWS summary.