Suicide in protest of France's legalizing gay marriage

Dominique Venner, a writer as well as a far-right essayist, in France, shot and killed himself in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in protest against France's legalizing gay marriage.  His suicide led to the evacuation of the cathedral, where many visitors were present.  Venner put a letter down at the alter before shooting himself; the rector of the cathedral says Venner was not a regular visitor of the church and that he did not think anyone had ever killed themselves there before.  Marine Le Pen, a major figure in the Far Right movement in France, tweeted her respect for Venner's "political act."

Marion Gibney
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