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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...

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s ruling in favour of marriage equality prompted a loud round of applause from the public gallery yesterday, and an even more joyful reaction outside the courtroom. Campaigners who launched the legal battle against the Attor...

Gay couples won the right to marry yesterday for the second time in little more than a year, but the Government said it would appeal the Supreme Court decision to reverse the ban on same-sex marriage. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley upheld a constitutional...

Gay couples will still be able to wed in a church after a law designed to outlaw same-sex marriage comes into force — but the ceremonies will not have any legal standing, a lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday. Melvin Douglas, for the Attorney-Gen...

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...

Maryellen Jackson cried tears of joy in 2017 when she learnt that one day she could marry her “Miss Right” after years of discrimination. But by the end of the year, her hopes were dashed when the Government backtracked on same-sex marriage. Ms Jacks...

Legislation to axe same-sex marriage robbed churches of the ability to make their own decisions on the issue, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Gordon Campbell, on behalf of the trustees of the Wesley Methodist Church, said in an affidavit that the ...

A law to give limited partnership rights to same-sex couples should be struck down because it has a religious purpose, a lawyer said today. Rod Attride-Stirling told the Supreme Court the Domestic Partnership Act, which will block same-sex marriage f...

The chief executive of the island’s tourism authority said he would not have moved back to Bermuda unless he was sure he and his same-sex partner would be welcomed. Kevin Dallas also defended Bermuda’s track record on human rights and pointed out tha...

An online row erupted after comedian and TV star Ellen DeGeneres launched a Twitter broadside against Bermuda. Ms DeGeneres who is married to a woman and has more than 77 million Twitter followers, attacked the island’s Domestic Partnerships Act. She...