“Unlimited homophobia”: controversy after Marion Marechal’s tweet about Jacquemus’s paternity

“Homophobia is a crime,” a government spokesman recalled after a meeting of the Council of Ministers this Wednesday. When asked about Marion Maréchal’s reaction to the announcement of the birth of the children of the famous stylist Jacquemus and her husband Prisca Thévenot, she expressed outrage.

“When a couple, whatever their composition, welcomes and celebrates the arrival of children in the house, the first reaction is to say congratulations, and not rush to Twitter to ask where mom is,” she lamented.

The day before, the head of the list of the far-right Reconquista party in the European elections questioned the legitimacy of the paternity of the two men. “Where is mother? “,” she asked on X (formerly Twitter).

His comment was heavily criticized. “Where is your brain?” The question we have been asking Le Pen for generations,” he replied. under the tweet Rima Hassan, pro-Palestinian activist on the LFI list for the European elections. “I would always prefer to have two fathers than a mother like Marion Maréchal,” said Yann Brossat, a senator from Paris and representative of the PCF.

“Family. It’s important”

As for the government members, Prisca Thévenot had already split on Tuesday evening. from tweet criticize “uninhibited” and “mind-blowing” homophobia, while emphasizing that Marion Marechal’s reaction stems from the fact that “we are celebrating the eleventh anniversary of the Marriage for All Act.”

“Two dads. Who loves each other and who loves these children. It is also good. Family. This is the main thing,” wrote former Labor Minister Olivier Dussop, who publicly came out as gay in March 2023. MP for Paris and former Minister of Transport Clement Bonspeaking in December 2020, condemned the “disgusting statement.”

Marine Le Pen’s niece responded that “it’s a matter of ethics and dignity,” echoing President Emmanuel Macron’s words about GPA (surrogacy) in April 2017. a “clear line” on this issue: “It is not allowed in France”, but remembering that homophobia is a “crime”.