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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...
DATE: Sep 08, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
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...
DATE: Sep 08, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways
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...
DATE: Sep 06, 2017
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Preserve Marriage’s reinstatement as a charity has reignited questions over its funding, but Bermuda’s laws do not require the information to be disclosed.
The group, which is against same-sex marriage and civil unions, has never revealed its financi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways
A young Bermudian man who won the right for gay people to marry on the island is to meet the government MP behind a bid to have the decision reversed.
Winston Godwin-DeRoche, whose successful challenge to the law in the Supreme Court led to a landmar...
DATE: Sep 01, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways
Preserve Marriage has become a charity again after home affairs minister Walton Brown overturned a decision to refuse it charitable status.
The group, which opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, first gained charitable status in 2016 but had be...
DATE: Aug 30, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
Alesha Page’s parents insist that her first word, as a toddler, was “doctor”.
So although the 26-year-old cannot pinpoint exactly what first inspired her to pursue a career in medicine, no one in her family was too surprised when she did.
“I always k...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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Health
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Sam Strangeways
Mahesh Reddy’s medical credentials were called into question by detectives but later confirmed as acceptable by the island’s registration body for doctors, according to records released under public access to information.
Dr Reddy, medical director o...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
New Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons told a press conference yesterday that two “very sensitive” civil lawsuits launched by her predecessor had cost taxpayers more than $2 million and had been handled in an “unprecedented and concerning” way.
Howe...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Government MP Wayne Furbert will bring his Bill to outlaw gay marriage back to Parliament in September — and he expects it to pass.
Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette that same-sex marriage was a key issue in the General Election, with the Progressive...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Sam Strangeways