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Island's anti-gay laws. It was inappropriate to make private homosexual acts between consenting adults a crime, Bermuda's Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops said. The statement by the bishops is directly opposed to the stand taken by the AME church ...

the Annual Assize Service. Chief Justice the Hon. Sir James Astwood will lead top law officers and lawyers to the 11 a.m. service from the steps of the Supreme Court. They will be followed by members of the Bermuda Bar Association, who will walk from...

to be one of the United States' most uplifting speakers. Mr. George Arnold is famed in the US for his good work, outstanding speeches and his ability to remember all of the major speeches made by the late Dr. Martin Luther King. His primary reason fo...

Turkey, ham, and the usual trimmings -- he had been looking forward to it for weeks. "All I want now is a happy 1993. To stay healthy, get a job, and find a place of my own,'' he said. Frank's New Year wish no doubt had an echo among the 150 other pe...

decriminalisation of homosexual acts in Bermuda. The Rev. Conway M. Simmons, Presiding Elder of the AME Churches in Bermuda, said he was responding to concerns of members by condemning the proposed changes. Rev. Simmons said that homosexuality was an...

two firsts last night. It was the first such concert at Christmas, and it was the first one not to be rained on. An estimated 3,000 people filled the park to hear choirs and bands perform at the Bank of Butterfield-sponsored event. "It was a tremendo...

New York at the end of November. They were joined by almost 30,000 fellow Baha'is from over 180 countries and representing more than 2,000 ethnic and tribal backgrounds. Two sessions for 15,000 people at a time were held each day. This was the larges...

Rights Day. Held by the campaigning human rights group Amnesty International, the ecumenical service marked the anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the basis of Bermuda's own law on the subject. Premier the Hon. ...

reassigned to a church in a troubled inner-city neighbourhood in Chester, Pennsylvania. American Rev. Alfonso Sherald, a founding member of the Women's Resource Centre -- formerly the Rape Crisis Centre, served the AME churches in Bermuda for 12 year...

(right) and Mrs. Jennifer Hall yesterday carefully checked and matched up gifts donated by anonymous Santas to less fortunate youngsters. They are pictured at the Army's Christmas workshop in the Jack King building of the Botanical Gardens.