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Dear Sir, If my memory serves me correctly, we did have a referendum on the issue of gay marriage not too long ago. Am I right? Maybe you could help me here because I am a bit confused. I am of the understanding that the results of that referendum sh...

John Rankin, the Governor of Bermuda, is taking legal advice on giving assent to a controversial Bill designed to replace same-sex marriage with “watered-down” domestic partnerships. Government House confirmed the Governor had asked for legal opinion...

The first gay couple to marry on a Bermudian-registered P&O cruise ship is also set to be one of the last. British couple Victoria Marno and Siobhan Crosby are due to marry in the Caribbean next month on the cruise line’s MS Azura. But the just-passe...

“Since Bermuda has a large measure of internal self-government, the British Government has no authority to intervene in this matter” — Foreign Secretary David Owen, Autumn 1977 The notion that British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson could intervene i...

Four gay couples who are planning to marry at sea on Bermudian-registered ships will still be able to tie the knot, the Government confirmed today. Marriage banns have been posted by the Registrar-General for the unions, with two of the ceremonies du...

Dear Sir, Magnificent and brave Bermuda. Stand up to the British Government, which for years has turned Britain into a nightmare of alley-cat morality, drunkenness and crazed extremism. Modern Britain is a muck heap. Tell Governor Rankin that if he d...

Dear Sir, Ordinary people in Bermuda were apparently consulted by referendum about this matter in 2016 whereas ordinary people in Great Britain were not, and many ordinary people opposed the redefinition of marriage. Well in excess of 100 Conservativ...

Lawyer Mark Pettingill is to consider a constitutional challenge to legislation designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. Mr Pettingill told The Royal Gazette that a gay couple had approached him to weigh up the potential of t...

Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, is under pressure to veto Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage, a UK newspaper said yesterday. The Mail on Sunday, a conservative tabloid that sells around 1.28 million copies in Britain, added that John Ra...

Dear Sir, What a mess all of our leaders have made by allowing human rights for a minority group to be reduced here in Bermuda. I found myself puzzling a question when I left the Senate debate on repealing marriage equality on Wednesday. When MPs and...

Kevin Dallas will not face a backlash from his superiors in the Bermuda Tourism Authority after he asked senators to vote against a Bill designed to repeal marriage equality, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Mr Dallas, the BTA chief executive, wrote to ...

Legislation designed to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships was backed last night by senators. Only One Bermuda Alliance senators Andrew Simons, Justin Mathias and Nandi Outerbridge spoke against the Domestic Partnership Act as the l...