NO TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE ... Please sign petition

Dear Friends

As you will be aware, the government is planning to begin a consultation on changing the definition of marriage to introduce same-sex marriage. Family Education Trust strongly supports retaining the current definition of marriage, which has benefited societies across the world for thousands of years.

Family Education Trust has therefore been pleased to be closely involved in the establishment of a new broad-based group, the Coalition for Marriage, which has been formed to campaign for retaining the current definition of marriage. Launched in Westminster this morning, the Coalition will be taking several initiatives, but as a first step it has initiated a petition which states: "I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it."

We would urge you to show your support for marriage by signing the petition. You can add your name online at www.c4m.org.uk 

Petition sheets can also be downloaded from the website, which contains more information about the Coalition.

The British public have a great respect and affection for marriage, and people from all sorts of backgrounds will be keen to ensure that the current definition of marriage is not tampered with. Please encourage your friends and neighbours to sign the petition too. Point them to the Coalition website, http://www.c4m.org.uk/, or ask them to add their names to a petition sheet. But please don't do both - each person can only sign the petition once!

Signatories must be aged 16 or over and be a UK resident. You can contact the Coalition by email at: admin@c4m.org.uk or by phone on 0207 403 7879.

If you use the petition sheet, when you have gathered as many signatures as you can, please send it to:

C4M

8 Marshalsea Road

London

SE1 1HL

Thank you for your support for this new campaign.

With kind regards

Norman Wells
Family Education Trust
Jubilee House
19-21 High Street
Whitton
Twickenham
TW2 7LB

Tel: 020 8894 2525
Fax: 020 8894 3535