France’s parliament overwhelmingly approved Gay Marriage Rights after a few days of intense protesting from the minority who oppose equality.

The Socialist-majority Assembly passed it on a vote of 331-225.  It came just minutes after the president of the legislative body expelled a disruptive protester in pink, the color (rather ironically) adopted by French opponents of Gay Marriage.

"Only those who love democracy are here," Claude Bartelone, the Assembly president, said angrily.

The issue has given France’s fractured right a rallying point.  Opponents had been getting increasingly unhinged in the days leading up to the vote.  Violent attacks against gay couples have spiked and some legislators have received threats.  Bartelone himself received a gunpowder-filled envelope on Monday.  Fascist goons infiltrated an anti-Equality march over the weekend, attacking police and vandalizing cars along the route.

Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said the first weddings could be as soon as June.

"We believe that the first weddings will be beautiful and that they'll bring a breeze of joy, and that those who are opposed to them today will surely be confounded when they are overcome with the happiness of the newlyweds and the families," she said.

France is now the 14th country to legalize Marriage Equality, following New Zealand and Uruguay this month.