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The Bermuda Government’s three-pronged approach to tackling marriage equality has created “total confusion”, according to an Opposition MP. Same-sex marriage opponent Wayne Furbert said announcing a referendum, introducing draft legislation on civil ...

The right to publicly express one’s views is a tenet of democracy. In recent times in Bermuda, we have seen demonstrations on issues including same-sex marriage, public-sector furloughs and immigration policy. For people to openly express their opini...

Equality activists Rainbow Alliance have joined the Human Rights Commission in criticising a proposed referendum on same-sex marriage. The group also criticised recently tabled legislation to limit marriage to heterosexual couples as “a cowardly rout...

The Bermuda Government has announced that it is to call a referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions. Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called a press conference this morning, accompanied by Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister for Community, Culture ...

Dear Sir, The following is a message to the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda people. I don’t think we can continue to be polite about this matter any more. There is too much at stake. My basic rights in my home country are at stake, and my governme...

Community minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has tabled draft legislation which would allow the creation of same-sex unions in Bermuda. The consultative legislation comes two weeks after legislation was tabled which would specify marriage being between...

Dear Sir,As I follow the same-sex marriage debate and try to understand the Government’s proposed solution of civil union legislation, I have to wonder if that approach isn’t the second coming of the “separate but equal” doctrine.While I have not yet...

I watched the interview given on ZBM by the Preserve Marriage Bermuda group. I attended the gathering outside the Cabinet Office, at which the same views were read by the same representatives (I presume, I was towards the back with the other supporte...

One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Mark Pettingill says his party’s plan to outlaw same-sex marriage is “very disconcerting” and may breach international human rights law. The MP and lawyer, who is representing a couple seeking to wed on the island, wa...

"It is important to note that the redefinition of marriage results in reordering society, restructuring the family unit and radical cultural change. Redefining marriage leads to an avalanche of enormous cultural change that infiltrates various areas ...

There was no flak incurred within the One Bermuda Alliance for Sylvan Richards’s apparent split from party ranks on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to the Junior Minister of Home Affairs. On the day after the OBA announced plans to bring c...

The Bermuda Government has unveiled plans to table legislation allowing civil unions between same-sex couples. But Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, told a public meeting last night that the One Bermuda Alliance had no intention of same-sex marriag...