PS chief responds to anti-gay marriage protests As the protest against gay marriage wrapped up in Paris, Socialist Party leader Harlem Desir gave a press conference at party headquarters. He highlighted the smaller attendence compared to previous protests, a "failure for Copé who had called for people to protest massively" he said, before adding that the "anti gay marriage movement has be come a kind of symbol of the alliance between the right and extreme right." Images and soundbites.