Petition · past parliament
Keep the definition of marriage as between any two people of any sex or gender.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
A recent petition to "define marriage as exclusively only between one man and one woman" has been noticed, and the importance of demonstrating that this is counter to the views of many reasonable British people must be stressed. These are the people.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.