Give legal recognition to Humanist marriages across the UK

Closed 127 signatures

What the petition asks

Hundreds of people in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland each year choose to have a personalised and meaningful wedding ceremony performed by a humanist celebrant but their wedding is not a legal marriage. We believe that people of all faiths and none should be able to marry however they wish.

Religious people have a choice between being married by a civil registrar and being married by a representative of their religion who shares their approach to life. Except in Scotland, non-religious people have no option other than the civil registrar. We believe this should change.

Read about the British Humanist Association's campaigns for marriage quality here: https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/human-rights-and-equality/marriage-laws/

What is Humanism?: https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/

Timeline

25 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
25 Oct 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 127

Status Closed

Opened 25 Apr 2016

Closed 25 Oct 2016

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