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Dear Sir, I would venture to state that the social waves of malcontent that the Progressive Labour Party rode to victory in last year’s General Election may not be subsiding as the party returns — again and again — to London to plead its case to a ve...

The owner of an upmarket specialist gay travel firm has called on cruise lines to haul down the Bermuda flag on their ships and register their vessels elsewhere. Darren Burn, founder of UK-based LGBTQ travel firm OutOfOffice.com, said: “We had custo...

A pressure group set up to fight same-sex marriage has welcomed the news that the Governor has signed an Act to outlaw gay weddings. But OutBermuda, a gay rights group, said that it was only a matter of time before same sex marriages were reintroduce...

Dear Sir, My partner and I have reservations to visit Bermuda this summer ... actually, make that had reservations. We will be going elsewhere. Like Governor Rankin, I, too, can giveth and then taketh away. DAVID A. THALER San Francisco

A legal challenge to a law designed to outlaw same-sex marriage could be fought in the Supreme Court. Lawyer Mark Pettingill said his firm had been approached by a number of people and that he had been “instructed at this stage to pursue the potentia...

Bermuda’s controversial repeal of same-sex marriage captured global headlines yesterday. Most overseas media highlighted the country as the world’s first to reverse same-sex marriage. The decision also sparked an urgent question in the House of Commo...

It is not unreasonable to conclude that had Parliament not reconvened until February 9, 2019 rather than this morning, John Rankin would still be giving “careful consideration” to the Domestic Partnership Act 2017. Since the Senate gave its approval ...

Dear Sir, One hears that His Excellency the Governor of Bermuda has given Royal Assent to the Domestic Partnership Act after the vote in the Parliament of Bermuda and the democratic referendum in Bermuda. Namely in which the majority of ordinary Berm...

Same-sex marriage in Bermuda was outlawed yesterday after the Governor gave Royal Assent to an Act designed to replace it with civil partnerships. John Rankin signed the legislation 61 days after it was backed in the House of Assembly and 56 days in ...

The battle for same-sex marriage could end up in Europe’s highest courts, lawyer Mark Pettingill said last night. Mr Pettingill said that Royal Assent for a law designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships meant that any further l...

Dear Sir, If you listened to the adjournment exchange between Chris Bryant and Sir Alan Duncan in the House of Commons on same-sex marriage in Bermuda, Sir Alan’s rebuttal was very carefully, tastefully and diplomatically crafted. Whitehall does not ...

There is absolutely no doubt that Bermuda is one of the best places in the world to live. It is stunningly beautiful. Bermudians indeed are lovely people. It saddens me that in the 21st century there are some who would use politics and religion, jus...