Amend Equality Law so it doesn't discriminate against peoples faith & conscience

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Appeal court ruled the Ashers discriminated against gay man for not decorating cake with wording he wanted. This demonstrates you can be brought before the courts for simply standing by your faith or conscience. Nazi's and communists used similar laws to bring people into line with their doctrine.

The Ashers are Christian couple who run a bakery in Northern Ireland. They've been supported by Christian Institute, as you might expect. What you might be surprised to learn is that Peter Tatchell, a prominent gay rights activist, said on his website: “This verdict is a defeat for freedom of expression. As well as meaning that Ashers can be legally forced to aid the promotion of same-sex marriage, it also implies that gay bakers could be forced by law to decorate cakes with homophobic slogans.”

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what specific change you would like to see to the Equality Act 2010. You could start a new petition explaining clearly how you would like the law to be changed.

Timeline

25 Oct 2016	Petition opened for signatures
1 Nov 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Nov 2016

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