Anti-gay bigots decided to film themselves vandalizing and wrecking the outside of a LGBT center in Paris, as seen in a video posted on 7 April.

It shows ‘Le Printemps Francais’ (French spring), a collective made up of hard line Catholics and royalists who have split from the mainstream ‘Manif Pour Tous’ anti-marriage equality movement.

The group published the video showing them vandalizing the annual Inter-LGBT fair in the gay district of Marais, but later deleted it. A pro-gay activist republished it on YouTube later.

Beatrice Bourges, president for the French Spring, passed along his ‘congratulations’ to the team on Twitter, but later deleted the message.

Nicolas Gougain, head of Inter-LGBT, has confirmed a complaint has been lodged with the police, French daily Le Parisien reported.

The first deputy mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said she ‘strongly condemned’ the homophobic actions of the French Spring.

‘Paris is and will remain a city of tolerance,’ she said.

Manif Pour Tous have also denounced the acts of vandalism, but denied their movement was responsible for provoking the homophobic acts.

Speaking to The Local, a spokesman said: ‘We strongly condemn this act of violence but there is no link whatsoever to the Manif pour Tous. We have said since the beginning that we are not against homosexuals, we are simply against the government’s legislation.’

At the weekend, there was an attack on a gay couple that left a man with broken teeth and several bruises. He described it as ‘the face of homophobia’.

On 10 April, there is a planned rally in the gay district of Marais aiming to protest against homophobic violence.

Representatives from Manif Pour Tous have asked to join gay rights activists for the rally but say they have not received a response on whether they are welcome.

A government spokesman has condemned the recent rise of homophobia in France, saying: ‘The hatred and homophobic remarks have no place in our country and are punishable by law. The government strongly condemns these acts.

‘These outbursts are unacceptable. When the most basic civil rights of our citizens are at risk, the authority of the state is at stake.’

Check out the video below: