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Equal Marriage
Petition published by Tom French on Jan 30, 2012
| 10351 Signatures |
Target: The Scottish Parliament
Region: United Kingdom
Web site: http://www.equalmarriage.org.uk
Petition Background (Preamble):
This is a petition by the Equality Network in support of our campaign for equal marriage in Scotland.
Please sign this petition if you agree that same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership should be legalised in Scotland.
This petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to:
1) Change the law to allow same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership.
2) Protect and extend freedom of religion and belief by allowing, but not requiring, religious and Humanist bodies to conduct same-sex marriages and/or register civil partnerships.
3) End the requirement for married transgender people to divorce before a full Gender Recognition Certificate can be issued.
For more information about the Equality Network campaign please visit: http://www.equalmarriage.org.uk
Please sign this petition if you agree that same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership should be legalised in Scotland.
This petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to:
1) Change the law to allow same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership.
2) Protect and extend freedom of religion and belief by allowing, but not requiring, religious and Humanist bodies to conduct same-sex marriages and/or register civil partnerships.
3) End the requirement for married transgender people to divorce before a full Gender Recognition Certificate can be issued.
For more information about the Equality Network campaign please visit: http://www.equalmarriage.org.uk
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call on the Scottish Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership in Scotland.
The Equal Marriage petition to The Scottish Parliament was written by Tom French and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: equality, equal marriage, equal rights, equal, civil rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, lgbt, lgbt rights, same-sex marriage, same-sex, same sex, marriage, marriage equality



