There are many critics. Many ministers were singled out by critics for their previous positions against marriage for everyone since the cabinet reshuffle Monday, July 4. Christophe Bechu, and Caroline Cayeux are new members of the government from the left. They voted against the Minister Christiane Taubira’s law in 2013. Gerald Darmanin (reappointed Minister of Interior and Overseas Territories), is joining them. Darmanin had previously spoken out against adoption and marriage for people of the same sexuality.
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Gerald Darmanin’s portfolio grew from “Minister Of the Interior” to “Minister Interior and Overseas Territories”. He was fiercely against marriage for all while he was deputy in the North under the UMP.
Many of his tweets are being resurfaced, including this October 2012 one, where he stated: “Gay Marriage and Gay Adoption, should we accept all because society is changing?” He announced that he would not celebrate same-sex marriages in the event he was elected to the municipality of Tourcoing, just a few months later.
When he was asked about his 2019 positions at the microphone for RTL, he said that he had been a minister under Emmanuel Macron. He then realized that he should have voted to ensure marriage for all.
Christophe Bechu is also mentioned. Three years later, the Minister for Ecological Transformation had all anti-HIV posters placed near schools in Angers removed by the Minister for Ecological Transition. The message read “Love at first sight, first try, one night stand” and showed two men hugging. These expressions were described by the ex-mayor of Angers as “shocking.”
Caroline Cayeux is Minister Delegate for Local Authorities. She is even more secretive about her past positions. She had voted against the marriage equality of all but signed a column entitled “Distortion in marriage: The weak Republic” as a column of “Current Values”. Tribune, which expressed concern about the “conflict between the original landmarks”, that the law allowing homosexual marriage could cause.
