Forcing a vegetarian/vegan/etc to eat meat should be illegal

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Enforce a law saying that making those who have chosen against eating certain produce such as for health, religious, ethical or environmental reasons should not be forced or pressured into eating something against their free will.

Forcing someone to do something they don’t want to do is against their human rights of free will. Consequently, forcing somebody to eat something they have made the decision not too, no matter what the reason, is a complete disregard and disrespect of their views and beliefs. No one would force someone to do something against their race or religion for example, so why should vegetarianism, veganism, or any other reasoning for choosing not to eat/wear certain products be any different.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It would be against the law to force someone to eat anything against their will.

The courts have ruled that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which qualifies as a protected belief within the meaning of Section 10 of the Equal Act 2010, so is already protected under this legislation.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

4 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
10 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Dec 2020

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