Might be a bit behind the times

[elingregory]

But I think it's still worth mentioning that the Home Office are inviting all UK citizens to have their say on Marriage Equality - especially those LGBTQ people who will be most affected by it - the ones who either wish to marry or would like to change their civil partnership into a civil marriage.

But anyone can comment and apparently the people who support a complete ban, mobilised by right wing organisations and, in some cases, by churches, have been replying in droves.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/equal-civil-marriage/ It only takes five minutes to fill in the form. The consultation is open until June 14th.

Comments

[yakalskovich]

Aha. Seems these people try more direct democracy before anybody founds a Pirate Party or installs an instance of Liquid Feedback on them, perhaps hoping to prevent those in Britain...

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

It's something they do quite often but they don't publicise it very well.

[yakalskovich]

Oh. Well, it's something they ought to do more here.

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

They might do. Have you had a good poke around your governments websites? I only found this accidentally when looking at something else.

[yakalskovich]

Well, I'll look. I only know the e-petition site where people may present petitions and collects signatures electronically.