{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/45688.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":45688,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"marriage","background":null,"additional_details":"Create a new state in law to more precisely accommodate & measure \"same sex marriage\": garriage. Rather than distort what already works well, a wiser approach allows diversity. Earthly power cannot make us all rigorously equal, but we can create a more tolerant, fairer, pluralistic society. I don’t want to see the word definition of marriage, which has served Britain so well for millennia, bent to suit cultural fads. Instead, let’s again be creative& respect difference with a new legal state that people can, if they really wish, aspire to& claim for their own. Already too many words, i.e. queer or gay, are badly confused. Legal distinctions between these two states would be around issues like IVF, which is costly & unnatural, esp. in austere times when many babies are terminated. Govt. should better protect& look after those already living, so redirect resources (incl from licensing of “garriage”) to support good adoption agencies. Search “excalibrate blog garriage” for more info\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-02-07T23:27:32.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:52.198Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:40:38.948Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-07T23:27:32.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}