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Legislation to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships was passed in the House of Assembly last night. The Domestic Partnership Act 2017 was passed following a five-hour debate after a vote in which 24 MPs supported the Bill being repo...

A Bill designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships is set to be approved without amendment by MPs tomorrow, despite criticism from across the community. Groups on both sides of the divide called for the Domestic Partnership Act 2...

Dear Sir, I have this concern about the mind-controlling power that pollsters have in their hands for getting into our minds and how they use information to manipulate and handle us, the Bermudian public. Especially those foreign pollsters who are br...

An attempt to introduce domestic partnerships for gay couples is marriage by another name, pressure group Preserve Marriage said last night. The organisation claimed that Minister of Home Affairs Walton Brown’s Bill to create legal recognition for sa...

A human rights watchdog is warning that the passage of the Domestic Partnership Act will remove rights from same-sex couples and potentially make their unions unrecognisable overseas. In a statement released this morning, the Human Rights Commission...

Wayne Furbert’s bid to reverse the legalisation of gay marriage could put the United Kingdom in breach of its international obligations, according to lawyer Mark Pettingill. Mr Pettingill, one of the lawyers who successfully litigated the case that l...

A gay couple set to wed today in Bermuda asked the “vocal minority” who oppose same-sex marriage to put aside their “fear and fundamentalism” and be “open and kind” to all their fellow citizens. Bermudian Bruce Whayman and his fiancé, Roland Maerten...

Government backbencher Wayne Furbert has backed out of a meeting with a young Bermudian who won the right for gay people to marry on the island. Mr Furbert was to meet with Winston Godwin-DeRoche and others from the LGBT community after the 27-year-o...

Same-sex weddings will take place on British cruise ships for the first time as a result of this year’s landmark ruling in the Bermuda Supreme Court. P & O Cruises, part of the American-British cruise company Carnival Corporation, will hold its first...

Dear Sir, I was most disappointed with the opinion dated June 2, 2017 regarding the Preserve Marriage demonstration recently held on the grounds of the House of Parliament, where the support for not redefining marriage received huge backing. In terms...

Duelling peaceful demonstrations are being organised to take place today on the topic of same-sex marriage. The Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda have announced plans to hold a “peaceful counterdemonstration” in celebration and support of marriage equality...

A Bill that would solidify marriage as being between a man and a woman has been brought back to the House of Assembly for a second time. Progressive Labour Party MP Wayne Furbert has reintroduced the Human Rights Amendment Act as a Private Member’s ...