French court rejects gay ‘marriage’ bid

PARIS — France’s highest court refused March 13 to recognize a gay "marriage" performed in 2004 and declared the union void. Two French homosexual men, Stephane Chapin and Bertrand Charpentier, "married" in June 2004 with the mayor of the town of Begles officiating — despite the fact gay "marriage" is illegal in the country. They previously lost in one court…