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Dear Sir, I realise the dangers of throwing my hat into such a sensitive ring, but for the sake of tolerance, I take the risk. If a couple of the same sex wish to live together in harmony, there needs to be no law. They should also agree to deny cla...

It is important after reading the recent headlines in the newspaper regarding Mark Pettingill and the judgment passed by the Chief Justice, to hear another opinion on the debate on same-sex marriage from a professional other than those of the legal f...

A complaint will probably be made to the Human Rights Commission about a hotel’s refusal to host two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent. Melvyn Bassett, spokesman for a group going by the names Preserve Marriage and Concerned Citizens of Bermuda, ...

A same-sex couple’s application to marry remains “under review”, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs. However, Senator Fahy said that the Matrimonial Causes Act 1974 “makes it clear that a marriage other than between a man and a w...

Same-sex partners of Bermudians will get the same right to reside and seek work as spouses of Bermudians in less than three months. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley yesterday declined the Bermuda Government’s application for the declaration to be delayed fo...

Mark Pettingill, the lawyer for a same-sex couple seeking to marry in Bermuda, has expressed little surprise that the Registrar-General’s office had not posted his clients’ marriage notice by the close of business on Friday, as required. The office w...

A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage. Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...

A gay couple seeking permission to marry in Bermuda are highly likely to succeed if their case goes before the courts, according to a human rights expert. Lawyer Mark Diel said recent court judgments regarding same-sex couples in Bermuda showed the I...

A gay Bermudian who is hoping to marry his partner on the Island wants his landmark case to end a culture of people being forced to “live either a lie or in the shadows or behind closed doors”. Ijumo Hayward, 46, and his American partner Clarence Wil...

Concerned Citizens of Bermuda hopes to launch a conversation about same-sex marriage after American speaker Ryan Anderson gave his second talk on the subject last night. The formerly covert group organised the lectures to address the rising concerns...

A court ruling promising same-sex partners of Bermudians the same rights to reside and work as spouses of Bermudians has garnered international attention. Cayman premier Alden McLaughlin told The Cayman Reporter on Monday that the ruling had bolstere...

Advocates for preserving traditional marriage “will not participate in any form of hate speech”, last night’s gathering on the topic heard. Instead, visiting American speaker Ryan Anderson outlined a definition of marriage as inherently the domain of...