Submitted on Wednesday 5th March 2025
Rejected on Thursday 3rd April 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban marriage between first cousins.
This would mean changing two pieces of legislation: the Marriage Act 1949 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Ending 1st cousin marriage would be positive for:
Cohesion. Boosting social integration, ending communities living separate lives
Freedom. Enhancing individual liberty, particularly of women
Health. Reducing debilitating genetic disorders
Many of worlds most prosperous countries have banned 1st cousin marriage including most US States & Norway (Sweden & Denmark are actively considering bans). The UK, which led the world tackling forced marriage and raised the marriage age to 18, should act now.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Ban cousin marriages
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710027
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