Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01413 · Session 4

Preserving marriage

Closed Submitted 4 Jan 2012 People & Communities
Signatures
2,587
Comments
0
Considered
4 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make no changes to the current definition of marriage, as being a union between one man and one woman, regardless of what happens in Westminster.

What the petitioner did first

I have responded to the Scottish Government consultation on the Registration of Civil Partnerships and Same Sex Marriage, and encouraged others to do so.
Because the Scottish Parliament’s online petition system was unavailable at the time I needed it, I collected signatures for this petition using an external online system, at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/marriagescotland/. The wording was exactly the same as this petition, and having done my best to remove duplicates and signatures from other countries, the total number of signatures is 2,587. This includes 117 who requested to sign the petition on paper. All of these signatures are attached.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 24 Jan 2012
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 27 Nov 2012
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 13 Dec 2012
    Equal Opportunities Committee
    Petition
    1 mention
  4. 28 Nov 2013
    Equal Opportunities Committee
    Petition
    1 mention

Signatures by country

No online signatures are recorded for this petition; the total above may include paper signatures.

Comments

No public comments.