The French far-right presidential hopeful, Marie Le Pen has quietly pledged to end same-sex marriage when elected. The policy by the presidential hopeful was quietly buried in a 144-page policy document released last week.
In number 87 of the document, Le Pen document says that she will create an "improved"form of civil union in the country to "replace" the equal marriage law that is put in place by the current socialist government since 2013.
The policy specifies that the new changes "would not be retroactive", but the replacement plan would not allow new same-sex couples, which means couple would only be allowed to enter into civil partnerships. This would allow gays to enter a contractual form of civil union (PACS) from 1999 until 2013.
The new Marie Le Pen policy would not only affect marriage equality, the plan also outlines the restriction on fertility services, which would end assistance for gay couples wanting to have children.
Marie Le Pen is confident she would win the election after the recent shift in voters' decisions in electing leader like Donald Trump, and also the UK Brexit vote.
Le Pen also won the first-round poll, but she will face competition centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron or Republicans right-winger Francois Fillon in the May run-off election.