Violent protests and celebration follow vote to legalise gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
France's parliament has defied months of protests by approving a bill that would make France the 14th country legalising same-sex marriages.
In its second and final reading, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted 331 to 225 to adopt the bill allowing homosexual marriages and adoptions by gay couples.
Opponents to the law vowed to fight on and within hours, fiery clashes broke out in Paris between protesters and riot police.
Protesters gathered near the Invalides complex of museums and monuments threw glass bottles, cans and metal bars at police, who responded with tear gas.
Meanwhile, members of the gay and lesbian community flocked to a square in the capital to celebrate the vote.
Paris' openly gay mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, was among the crowd of hundreds gathered for the street celebration in the Marais, the city's historic gay neighbourhood.
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