Former first lady Carla Bruni supports French gay marriage plan
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May 15, 2012 FILE photo of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy. (AP)
France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she disagrees with her conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy and supports a plan to allow gay marriage and adoption.
In an interview with the French edition of Vogue for its December issue, the 44-year-old former supermodel and singer said: "I'm rather in favor because I have a lot of friends -- men and women -- who are in this situation and I see nothing unstable or perverse in families with gay parents."
France's Socialists are pushing a bill that could see gay marriage legalized early next year, defying criticism from religious leaders and Sarkozy's own UMP party.
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Bruni says, "my husband is opposed for reasons linked to his political vocation, because he sees people as groups of thousands rather than people we know personally."