Rejected petition ALLOW THE CEREMONY OF MARRIAGES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP TO OPEN IN A SAFE MANNER

Rejected on 9 July 2020

People are allowed to go to protest, shop, beaches & work. But marriages are still banned, causing agony to thousands. Places of worship also, a fundamental right to so many who need the spirituality connection helping emotional health. Allow Marriages and places of worship (with social distancing).

For months, many people have put their weddings future lives on hold, not knowing when they can celebrate their most special moments. Businesses are also suffering; halls, caterers, singers, bands etc. Allow people to build their future TODAY.
Allow places of worship to reopen TODAY. Many people are living by themselves and are becoming frustrated and depressed, with no end in sight. Marriage celebrations & places of worship is as important as many permitted activities and often more important.

Why was this petition rejected?

We can't publish petitions when the request is something that's already happening or something that has been announced since you started your petition.

We think your petition is covered by Government or Parliament action already. If you'd like something else, you could start a new petition clearly explaining what it is.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that some weddings are able to take place, and has published guidance for small marriages and civil partnerships: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships

The Government has also announced that places of worship are allowed to open, and has published guidance for the safe use of places of worship during the pandemic: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july#section3

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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