Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and Lyon on Sunday against new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalising gay marriage, accusing French President Francois Hollande's government of "family phobia".
The movement opposes a slew of policies under Hollande, believed to be the the most unpopular French president of modern times , including last year's law allowing gay marriage.
Other targets of LMPT's protests include medically assisted procreation techniques for lesbian couples and in vitro fertilisation.
They are also demanding the scrapping of an experimental school programme aimed at combatting gender stereotypes.
In Lyon, politicians wearing their tricolour sashes walked at the front of the march behind a banner reading, in English, "Brussels, Leave Our Kids Alone".
LMPT official Francois de Vivies said the European Parliament was set to review a report on Tuesday that "again tries to tell us how we are supposed to educate our children".
In Lyon, protesters shouted: "Hollande, You Have Broken France", with many calling for his resignation as well as that of Education Minister Vincent Peillon.
The mass protests come a week after several thousand people marched through Paris in a "Day of Anger" against Hollande's Socialist government.
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