The equal marriage consultation is finally out – you can find details on the Home Office web site. For information on how to respond, it’s worth reading About Time. You’ll find much on there that’s Trans-related, as Sarah Brown and myself contributed heavily, but I shall try to get my own draft response up in 24 hours or so for people to look at too.

Thiree points I’d like to make about responses: First is do please respond. I’ll no doubt be posting repeatedly on the topic so you’ll not likely forget and it’s running for 12 weeks, but volume of responses helps as much as having reasoned responses.

Secondly, I note the online form is very “tick-box” in nature. There’s much nuance that’s can’t be put across with an tick-box response so if you have the time, writing in would be better. I’m quite happy for people to copy-and-paste my responses when I’ve drafted them, or just write in saying “What she said!”.

Thirdly, some things appear to have been ruled out by the press releases. This is why it’s important to respond: Many of them are in the consultation anyway and we need to show there is a genuine public demand for these things. Responses from members of organised religions that support equal religious marriage will be particularly useful!