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TheSyndicat de la famille ('Union for the Family'), better known under its original name ofLa Manif pour tous (LMPT), is anonprofit organization and political movement based inFrance[1] which is responsible for most of theanti-gender movement andLGBTQ rights opposition demonstrations and actions that took place between 2012 and 2016, against the legalization ofsame-sex marriage in France (better known asmariage pour tous—"marriage for all"), as well as against thesame-sex adoption in France.[2]
Described byLe Monde as bringing together numerous organizations, of which the main ones are almost all religious and mainly linked toRoman Catholicism,[1] and supported in its calls for public demonstrations by many members of theright wing and thefar-right in France,[6] the group identified itself as apolitical and non-denominational[7] before it became a political party itself in April 2015.[8][9]
Internal divisions resulted in the successive departures of its foundersBéatrice Bourges,Frigide Barjot, and Xavier Bongibault.
The nameLa Manif pour tous means "Protest for all" and was named after the French expressionLe mariage pour tous ("marriage for all") which was the popular term used in France to promotesame sex marriage, and also to refer to theCivil solidarity pact (PaCS), the 1999 French law permitting civil union between same-sex partners.[10] The organization formally changed its name in 2023.
Paris demonstration on 13 January 2013 with a baby "Made in Papa and Mama".
Some of the objectives ofLa Manif pour tous include:
demanding that the gay-marriage act be repealed,
protesting against what they call the French government's "familyphobia",
protesting against the government's alleged teaching of "gender theory" in French schools, or plans to impose sex education starting in kindergarten.[10]
An organized group called for a boycott in 2014 involving pulling children from schools one day a month to protest against the alleged anti-family actions of the government.[10]
Surrogacy is currently illegal in France for everyone;In vitro fertilization and other birth-assistive technology is available, but only to heterosexual couples. The government says it has no plans to change the situation, and Prime MinisterManuel Valls declared his opposition to surrogacy in all forms. Regarding "gender theory" or sex education in pre-schools the government says they are false rumors created on purpose by conservatives with ties to far-right groups.[10]
After having long presented itself as an "apolitical organization",[11]La Manif Pour Tous officially transformed itself into a political party on 24 April 2015. However, they denied any intention of fielding candidates in elections, and described their change in status as simply a "technical decision". According to analysts, the change was actually motivated by financial considerations, as donors to political groups automatically benefit from substantial tax deductions.[12][13]
In March 2023, the organization changed its name toSyndicat de la famille ('Union for the Family').Ludovine de La Rochère shared the presidency with Albéric Dumont, former general coordinator ofLa Manif pour tous, and whose private security company, Ultreïa, was a service provider to right-wing French presidential candidateÉric Zemmour's campaign.[14][15]
^Katia Bitsch (27 November 2013)."Un référendum anti mariage gay en Croatie".Le Mouv'.fr (in French). Retrieved2 March 2014.La Manif Pour Tous fait des émules jusqu'en Croatie. Vice Batarelo reconnaît s'être inspiré de la mobilisation française pour créer son collectif Au nom de la famille.
