After many people sent cards, tweeted about it, sent emails to MPs and we even gained support from known faces, such as Stephen Fry and Caitlin Moran, we finally have some exciting news. The Marriage *Same-Sex Couples) Bill was announced in Parliament on 24 January, published on 25 January and a vote will be passed on Tuesday 5 February.
This leaves us with a short amount of time to do as much as we can to make Equal Marriage a reality. With your help, we can put pressure on the decision makers, our MPs, and let them know that their communities want Equal Marriage to happen.
If you’ve only got a minute:
@MP Me & @NUS_LGBT want you to vote for #EqualMarriage & #comeoutforequalmarriage How will you be voting?
@MP how will you be voting on #equalmarriage bill? Please vote yes & #comeoutforequalmarriage
- Join our Thunderclap! More information coming soon.
If you’ve got a little longer:
- Circulate this information by email and on social networks. The more people taking action the better!
- Find out what your Students’ Union is doing to Come Out for Equal Marriage and lobby the MPs in your area to make equal marriage happen
Together, we can make a real positive change to LGBT people’s lives for the better, because different is not the same and making this small change would be a huge step in the right direction to LGBT equality. So let’s make this happen!
Join our Thunderclap!
We have set up an exciting stunt to influence MPs' votes on #equalmarriage – it’s called a Thunderclap. Basically, you follow this link and urge MPs to vote YES using Twitter or Facebook. That’s it. Your job is done. You don’t even have to think about what to put in the tweet – it’s all done for you!
Then – after getting more than 500 people to sign up to the Thunderclap – at 6pm on Monday 4 February - the same tweet will be sent simultaneously from everyone’s account.
Please sign up to the Thunderclap now!
For further information and up-to-date news, please go to www.nusconnect.org.uk/lgbt and follow us on Twitter NUS_LGBT