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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...

Kevin Dallas will not face a backlash from his superiors in the Bermuda Tourism Authority after he asked senators to vote against a Bill designed to repeal marriage equality, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Mr Dallas, the BTA chief executive, wrote to ...

Legislation designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships was backed last night by senators. Only One Bermuda Alliance senators Andrew Simons, Justin Mathias and Nandi Outerbridge spoke against the Domestic Partnership Act as the l...

A gay rights organisation in the United States is urging Bermuda’s Governor to reject legislation which will replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. The Human Rights Campaign, which calls itself America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

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 ...

Bermuda Tourism Authority chief executive Kevin Dallas has written to senators urging them to vote against legislation to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. Mr Dallas says the BTA is convinced that the legislation would result in “...

The first Bermudian to marry her gay partner on island has spoken out against steps to repeal same-sex marriage, declaring: “One day all will know that love is love.” Julia and Judith Aidoo-Saltus, who were married on May 31, spoke as senators prepar...

The removal of the right to same-sex marriage highlights a massive generation gap in Bermuda, young island commentators said yesterday. Dwayne Robinson, of online current affairs show It’s That Type of Party, said the Domestic Partnership Act “very c...

The debate on same-sex marriage will not end with the passing of the Domestic Partnership Act, according to a British academic. Nicola Barker said of the Bill: “I don’t see this as being the end of the story.” The controversial Act was passed in the...

Gary Simons, the deputy chairman of Preserve Marriage Bermuda, has resigned from his position at the group that has campaigned against same-sex marriage for the past two years. Prominent in the group since December 2015, Mr Simons declared a month la...