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Legislation has been tabled in the UK House of Lords that could make same-sex marriage lawful throughout the British Overseas Territories – including Bermuda. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Overseas Territories) Bill – tabled by Lord Michael Cashma...

Same-sex marriage would not prevent people who believed that only people of opposite genders should be allowed to wed from the practice of their faith, a top lawyer said today. Lord Pannick QC, for supporters of same-sex marriage before the Privy Co...

The legal battle over same-sex marriage in Bermuda began in London this morning as a senior UK lawyer argued the legislated ban on such unions was not discriminatory. Jonathan Crow, QC, representing the Attorney-General of Bermuda, argued that legisl...

A pair of protesters picketed Elbow Beach Resort & Spa yesterday morning over a controversial pastor. The demonstration came as Gary Simons, a former Cornerstone Bible Fellowship minister, held a service at the hotel in his new role at GracePoint Chu...

Two Bermuda police officers will attend one of the world’s biggest Pride parades this weekend as the island gears up for its first gay rights celebration next month. Superintendent Sean Field-Lament and Sergeant Brian Macnab will work with Sussex Pol...

Gay rights activists hit out yesterday after a government backbencher told the House of Assembly that many on the island did not want a Gay Pride march in Bermuda. Adrian Hartnett-Beasley said the speech by Michael Weeks was out of order. He wrote on...

A lawyer in the Cayman Islands said a Privy Council ruling in favour of same-sex marriage in Bermuda would help the fight for marriage equality in the Caribbean territory. Leonardo Raznovich, a barrister, added that he would not be surprised if the P...

Bermudian precedents helped bring the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands, according to local lawyers. Rod Attride-Stirling, who was involved in several landmark marriage equality cases in Bermuda, said he assisted lawyers involve...

The Bermuda Government could face a legal bill “in the millions” for the fight against same-sex marriage if it appeals to the Privy Council, a lawyer involved in the case warned yesterday. Rod Attride-Stirling, who represented parties including Marye...

An anti-same-sex marriage pressure group said yesterday the courts disregarded a law passed by the Government when it restored the right of gay people to wed. A spokesman for Preserve Marriage said: “Preserve Marriage and Family Bermuda continues to ...