Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Orders I am pleased to present a petition to the House from many hundreds of residents of British Columbia.
The petitioners are very concerned about the issue of same sex marriage. The petitioners call upon Parliament to reopen the issue of marriage in this Parliament and to repeal or amend the Marriage for Civil Purposes Act in order to promote and defend marriage as the lawful union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
I have two petitions with the same theme, both from many hundreds of residents of the province of British Columbia. I am pleased to present these, and I support their point of view.