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Dear Editor, June 26th 2015 marked a momentous occasion for advocates of progress and change, with the Supreme Court of the United States deciding once and for all that people should be allowed to marry whomever they love, regardless of their sex. T...

Equal rights campaigners in Bermuda have said the legalisation of same-sex marriage across the United States yesterday should serve as a reminder for the Island to follow suit. The Supreme Court ruled that individual states cannot deny gay couples t...

“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.” — Simone de Beauvoir In my first column writing as the...

Dear Sir, I read in The Royal Gazette on April 18, 2015 of the disappointment of the same-sex couple and the letter forwarded. The law is the law and the Marriage Act is in effect and cannot be changed because of the opinion of some or chairman of Hu...

Some 50 per cent of Bermuda’s residents are against a change in law allowing for gay marriage according to a survey released by the Global Research Strategy Group. Some 400 residents aged 18 and above were questioned in the survey with results weigh...

Support for allowing same-sex marriages in Bermuda has been voiced by the chairman of the Human Rights Commission, Michael Hanson, after a petition was launched calling for the law to be changed. The petition was started by Bermudian Tony Brannon...

In a civil society like Bermuda, one where the liberties and privileges of citizens are protected by constitutional authority and the rule of law, we will always be obliged to respect the right of others to differ. And in a society based on diversity...

A lesbian couple who were told they could not marry aboard a P&O Cruises luxury liner because of Bermuda’s marriage laws have been left crestfallen. Jacqui Chapman and her partner were told that because the P&O ship is registered in Bermuda, the Isla...

It is a well-known maxim that Parliament makes the law; the judge merely interprets it. But, what effect, if any, does that have on our community? Today, I invite readers to consider both: 1, the role of the judge, interpreting legislation that has ...

Gary Paterson once desperately prayed for God to cure his homosexuality. The Moderator of the United Church of Canada even married a woman. They were together for ten years and had three children before they divorced in 1982. “I always knew I was dif...

The Bermuda Rainbow Alliance has praised a recent Supreme Court judgment, which granted the ability for unmarried couples to apply for joint adoption. In the ruling, Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman found that the Adoption Act was discriminatory on the g...

A rights campaigner who attended a controversial church event featuring members of a group that encourages people to “break free” from homosexuality told how she felt “traumatised” and “sick” when listening to the question and answer session. Shari-L...