As the consultation on the redefinition of marriage and the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales begins, pressure is mounting on the government to scrap their proposals.
By March 16, over 218,000 people had signed the national petition launched by the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) on February 20, and church leaders, politicians and even celebrities have spoken out in support of maintaining the current system of marriage and civil partnerships.
The C4M’s petition calls on the government to leave the definition of marriage alone. The current definition of marriage is the voluntary union between one man and one woman for life.
