A petition with over 20,000 signatures will be presented to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont this coming Tuesday Sept. 20.
The petition against the abuse of the veto over Marriage Equality legislation by the DUP that will be presented by Gerry Carroll MLA, West Belfast People Before Profit, was gathered by Belfast based LGBT news group The Gay Say.
Started 7 months ago the campaign has received huge support both locally and internationally, with high profile figures such as human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Marriage Equality Referendum 2015 campaigner Panti Bliss and Frankie Goes To Hollywood lead singer Holly Johnston supporting the petition.
A demonstration in support of marriage equality will be held at 10:00AM on the steps of Stormont with the official presentation of the petition at 10:30 a.m.
