Christine Boutin
| Christine Boutin | |
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| French Minister of Housing and Urban Development | |
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In office 2007–2009 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
| Succeeded by | Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet |
| Member of the French National Assembly for Yvelines | |
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In office 1986–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Jean-Frédéric Poisson |
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Christine Martin 6 February 1944 Levroux, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Louis Boutin (m. 1967) |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Christine Boutin ([kʁistin buˈtɛ̃], born 6 February 1944) is a French politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy. She was a candidate in the 2002 French presidential election, in which she scored 1.19% on the first round of balloting.
Boutin is the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Chrétien-démocrate), a social conservative Christian-democratic party, which is associated with the greater UMP union party. She is best known for her very vocal opposition to civil unions in 1998 and same sex marriage later on.
In a judgement dated December 18, 2015 the correctional court of Paris condemned Boutin to a fine of 5000 euros and 2000 euros for legal damages for having said that homosexuality was an abomination. The verdict is being appealed.
Boutin was born in Levroux, Indre. She married her cousin Louis Boutin in 1967 with whom she had three children (the contradiction between her strong advocacy of catholic dogmas and marrying one's first cousin remaining strictly forbidden by canon law is often pointed out). She entered politics in 1977 as a city council member of the village of Auffargis. In 1980 she was elected its mayor. Boutin was elected to the National Assembly in 1986.
In 1993, Boutin founded the anti-abortion NGO Alliance pour les droits de la vie (ADV) (English: Alliance for Human Life), considered the largest pro-life organization in France. The same year, she became a consultant for the Pontifical Council for the Family headed by Cardinal Lopez-Trujillo. In 1998, Boutin became somewhat famous because of a five-hour speech in opposition to the PACS domestic partnership plan, arguing that its adoption by the government would encourage homosexuality. She held a Bible during the speech, an image which would later become associated with her.
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