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A pressure group which fought to end marriage equality in Bermuda is still “absolutely” against same-sex weddings but no longer raises funds, its chairman said. Melvyn Bassett of Preserve Marriage and Family said the organisation – no longer a regist...

Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda. The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...

The Bermudian who launched the legal fight for marriage equality four years ago said he was optimistic about how it would end – and about the future for gay people on the island. Winston Godwin said: “There are always going to be pockets of people wh...

The legal battle over marriage equality will be decided after a two-day virtual hearing which is due to start tomorrow in front of the Privy Council in London. A panel of five judges at Bermuda’s highest court of appeal will hear the Government’s arg...

An American author whose teenage years in Bermuda were marred by homophobia yesterday appealed to opponents of same-sex marriage to give in to progress. Kirkland Hamill, who married his same-sex partner two years ago in the United States, said: “Gay ...

Two Bermudians have put up funds to pay for an expensive legal battle to stop the outlawing of same-sex marriage on the island. The private citizens, neither gay, spoke to The Royal Gazette on condition of anonymity as the Privy Council in London pre...

A gay rights charity that fought for same-sex marriage in Bermuda’s courts has welcomed its last legal challenge this week. OutBermuda hailed its “final appeal in London for Bermuda’s historic marriage equality decision”. Legal arguments will be ...

After a May 2017 hearing that found prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying was discriminatory and unconstitutional, the Chief Justice of Bermuda’s Supreme Court ruled that same sex-marriages in Bermuda should be legal. In November 2018, the Gover...

Let’s talk about identity politics. Actually let’s not — let’s never — because there is no speedier way for a conversation about issues to devolve into a goat rope of gleeful accusations. But we’re going to have to at least grab our lassos and try be...

The island’s final court of appeal will decide on same-sex marriage in Bermuda in February. The news came as human rights group OutBermuda released an opinion poll that suggests 53 per cent of Bermudians are now in favour of same-sex marriage. Adrian...

Dear Sir, In The Royal Gazette edition of September 3, 2020, you published a story about veteran Progressive Labour Party politician Michael Scott retiring from the front line of politics and making way for the Attorney-General, Kathy Lynn Simmons, t...

Bermuda’s final day in court to settle same-sex marriage has been set for early in 2021. Rod Attride-Stirling, who represents the gay rights organisation OutBermuda along with four other litigants on the issue, said last night the case would go befor...