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Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda. The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...

The list of companies publicly supporting same-sex marriage has grown, with a raft of new additions after an article in The Royal Gazette earlier this week. We reported on Wednesday that 58 businesses — from bars and luxury hotels to law firms, globa...

People who campaigned against marriage equality will come to feel “shame and regret” in the future, former Attorney-General Mark Pettingill predicted yesterday. Mr Pettingill, who represented gay Bermudian Rod Ferguson in a successful Supreme Court b...

Bermuda could show how progressive it is on a world stage if it allowed a Supreme Court ruling in favour of marriage equality to stand, a human rights lawyer said yesterday. Venous Memari, managing director of civil rights group the Centre for Justic...

Adrian Hartnett-Beasley was only 9 when his church in Bermuda voted on whether gay people should be welcomed as members and if they should be eligible to be ministers. He said: “I didn’t understand the complexities of what was being asked of us and c...

A date has been set for a Supreme Court challenge against a new law designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will hear the civil case brought by gay Bermudian Rod Ferguson, 38, against Attorney-Gener...

A gay Bermudian who hopes to marry one day in his home country has launched a legal challenge against the Attorney-General for revoking his right to do so and subjecting him to “inhuman or degrading treatment”. Lawyers for Rod Ferguson, a single man ...

The attempt by Bermuda to ban same-sex marriage will damage Britain’s international reputation if it is allowed to go ahead, a politician warned yesterday. Chris Bryant, who will lead a debate on the controversy in the House of Commons on Monday, tol...

Bermuda’s controversial move to ban same-sex marriage is to be debated by British politicians. Labour MP Chris Bryant has asked for an adjournment debate on the subject, which will take place at the end of Monday’s session in the House of Commons. Th...

Four gay couples who are planning to marry at sea on Bermudian-registered ships will still be able to tie the knot, the Government confirmed today. Marriage banns have been posted by the Registrar-General for the unions, with two of the ceremonies du...