Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott’s office sent me this just now.
Maurice Vellacott, MP
Saskatoon-WanuskewinPetition on behalf of marriage commissioners
available from Maurice Vellacott’s officeFor Immediate Release August 3, 2005
OTTAWA — Saskatchewan marriage commissioners are under fire. They are being pressured to resign if they are unwilling to perform same-sex ceremonies due to their conscience and religious convictions. Regina marriage commissioner Orville Nichols is the victim of a specific human rights complaint for refusing to perform a ceremony for two homosexuals who requested one.
Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) is encouraged at the leadership that provinces such as New Brunswick and now Alberta are showing with a commitment to enforce the Constitutional guarantees to conscience and religious freedom for their marriage commissioners.
“I am continuing my fight for the conscience and religious liberty of marriage commissioners in Saskatchewan,” said Vellacott. “If New Brunswick and Alberta can do it, then we can do,” he added.
“I now have a petition to send to all Saskatchewan residents to sign in support of their marriage commissioners. You can contact us for a copy of this petition by phone (306) 975-4725 or (888) 844-8886 or email ([email protected]) or you can download it from my website (http://www.mauricevellacott.ca/maurice.html),” said Vellacott. The petition is also being sent to all Saskatchewan MLA offices so that people can get a copy from their own provincial legislator.
Residents are reminded that this is a provincial petition, so it must be sent in to the person’s own MLA or another provincial politician. The signed petition should not be sent to Maurice Vellacott’s office.
Saskatchewan accepts petitions with only one signature on them, but people are encouraged to distribute petitions to gather as many signatures as possible. Residents in other provinces are encouraged to use this petition to develop a similar one on behalf of the marriage commissioners in their own province. First, however, interested individuals should find out the specific rules for petitions in their province.
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