Change laws of ADULTERY to include same sex relations in extramarital affairs.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

The law of adultery specifically refers to the following:

A married man having sexual intercourse with a woman other than his wife OR a married woman having sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband.

This law needs changing and updating alongside same sex marriage laws.

I’d like the legal description of adultery to change to ensure it does not disregard same sex relations during marriage. Currently, if a married person in a straight or same sex marriage sleeps with someone of the same sex it does not constitute as Adultery. This means that there are many straight and same sex marriages that have ended due to extramarital affairs (with someone of the same sex) that cannot state this as a sole reason for the divorce.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Revise the law on adultery as a cause for divorce to cover same sex conduct.

Timeline

23 Jan 2022	Petition opened for signatures
27 Jan 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Jan 2022

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