{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/46007.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":46007,"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":"Welsh Secretary David Jones should resign after television comments that many percieve to be homophobic.","background":null,"additional_details":"On 15th February 2013 David Jones, Secretary of State for Wales stated on television that same sex couples clearly cannot provide a warm and safe environment in which to raise children.\r\n\r\nThe Welsh secretary told ITV: \"I regard marriage as an institution that has developed over many centuries, essentially for the provision of a warm and safe environment for the upbringing of children, which is clearly something that two same-sex partners can't do.\"\r\n\r\nIn a statement after the interview, Mr Jones added: \"I made the point of stressing that I was fully supportive of committed same-sex relationships. I also strongly approve of civil partnerships.\"\r\n\r\nGovernment representatives should not be nurturing this apparant homophobic view.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-02-15T17:11:59.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:53.170Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:40:43.934Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-02-15T17:11:59.000Z","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":"honours","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}