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

Rejected 9 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 which calls for the same action: Same-sex couples to use adultery as grounds for divorce

Timeline

8 May 2022	Petition opened for signatures
9 May 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 May 2022

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