The Mayor proud of having been booed at the Common Sense meeting – Le Figaro

THE SCAN POLICY – Last November, activists opposed to gay marriage had heckled the then presidential candidate of the UMP

“We will not return, we, the Republican right on gay marriage.” With these words, last November, Bruno Le Maire triggered the ire of Common Sense militants. The former minister was then invited, alongside Nicolas Sarkozy and Hervé Mariton, the two other candidates for the presidency of the UMP, to speak to this motion from the Manif for all affiliated to right-wing party become since Republicans.

Eight months later, Bruno Le Maire said he was “proud” to have been booed. “The real violence arises when one threatens your physical integrity. I have known hard times, as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock fairs of Rennes and Cournon. But at that rally, I felt pride when I was booed for my beliefs, “said Bruno Le Maire in the JDD .

At the time , who was Dominique de Villepin’s chief of Matignon did was undaunted by the reaction of the militants. “I am pleased to hear that reacts room, had he drawn. At least I have the courage to come and tell you face what is my belief and not hide behind an election not to say what is my truth, not to say what is my conviction and not to say that I will do if I am elected president of the UMP. “

The Catholic father of four children, said bluntly today at JDD . “Yes I believe in gay marriage, yes I believe that homosexual love is heterosexual love. Please understand that our struggles are beyond our person. “

In the election for the presidency of the UMP, he obtained 30% of votes. A pleasant surprise which had not prevented him from being beaten by Nicolas Sarkozy. Bruno Le Maire also address a violent picnic today the president of the Republicans: “I remain ruthless with those who renounce their ideas to please the crowd and silence a few whistles.” In that same meeting, Nicolas Sarkozy began by proposing a rewrite of the Taubira law. The public had then protested and chanted “abrogation”. “When it is said to be rewritten from top to bottom, if you prefer to say that we should repeal it to make another, in French it means the same thing and it leads to the same result. If it pleases you, frankly, that does not cost very much. “