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The Premier said yesterday that the Government paid $14,000 for legal advice before it decided to take its battle to ban same-sex marriage to the Privy Council in London.
David Burt told the House of Assembly the Government had spent £11,250 — about ...
DATE: Dec 15, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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News Staff
The battle over same-sex marriage returned to the courts yesterday for the start of a three-day hearing in the Court of Appeal.
The Attorney-General will argue that former Chief Justice Ian Kawaley erred in a ruling that reopened the door for same-se...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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News Staff
An international group of human rights lawyers has asked the Premier to back a Supreme Court decision to lift a ban on same-sex marriages.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has written to David Burt and challenged him to show...
DATE: Aug 04, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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News Staff
Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, is under pressure to veto Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage, a UK newspaper said yesterday.
The Mail on Sunday, a conservative tabloid that sells around 1.28 million copies in Britain, added that John Ra...
DATE: Dec 18, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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News Staff
The island’s tourism quango yesterday distanced itself from a letter from chief executive Kevin Dallas to warn senators that a vote to end gay marriage would adversely affect visitor numbers.
Tourism minister Jamahl Simmons also criticised Mr Dallas ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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News Staff