Jacques-Alain Bénisti | |
Office: | Mayor of Villiers-sur-Marne |
Term Start: | 25 June 1995 |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Jean-Jacques Jégou |
Successor2: | Maud Petit |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1952 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | The Republicans |
Jacques-Alain Bénisti (born 10 April 1952) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Val-de-Marne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.[1]
In 2011, Benisti created controversy when he publicly equated the legalization of same-sex marriage and bestiality to the legalization of rape.[2]