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Dear Sir, None of us likes being alone. Happiness is to be found for the vast majority of people by sharing life with a member of the opposite sex and our matrimonial statutory and case law have developed over many generations to safeguard the intere...

Michael Dunkley has lamented the failure of MPs to stand up and “fight for what they live” as they debated the same-sex referendum on Friday night. The Premier noted that politicians past and present “have a lifestyle” in line with the same-sex commu...

So Bermuda has spoken on same-sex marriage and civil unions. Well, 46.89 per cent of registered voters have spoken. Semantics. No matter the invalidity or illegality of an already non-binding referendum, significantly more than the previously agreed...

Dear Sir, I get a sense that our politicians regard the referendum “result”, although invalid and non-binding, as a reason to discard any plan to deal with the same-sex marriage issue in Parliament. I hope that they will bear in mind that 68 per cen...

The budget for the referendum would have been better spent on “trying to come to terms with the inevitable court decision” looming for same-sex unions, according to Opposition member Walton Brown. “As a pollster, I could have spent less than 10 per c...

Bermuda has not evolved and people want to stay in the “dark ages”, activist Tony Brannon claimed last night as people overwhelmingly voted against same-sex marriage and civil unions. Speaking to The Royal Gazette at midnight, with 11 regions having ...

Bermudians overwhelmingly rejected same-sex marriages and civil unions by a greater than two-to-one margin in the referendum yesterday. However, the total number of votes cast was 20,804, or 46.89 per cent of the electorate, which is below the 50 per...

Parliamentary registrar Tenia Woolridge warned voters yesterday not to forward potentially “misleading” voice notes and videos that were circulating regarding the referendum. “The parliamentary registrar has been made aware that there are voice notes...

It was a big day for Bermuda — but you might not have thought it, judging by the calmness at polling stations across the island. The Royal Gazette visited all 12 stations from St George’s to Somerset yesterday, to check out the atmosphere as voters c...

The count ended just before 4am today, with the No campaign scoring a resounding success despite fewer than 50 per cent of the electorate making an appearance at the polls. The final numbers are: Same-sex marriage NO 14,192 YES 6,514 Same-sex civil u...

The Rainbow Alliance has issued a statement of comfort to LGBTQ residents in the wake of a referendum turning down same-sex unions, but fell short of the numbers required to make it official. The group expressed gratitude for an end to “the divisive ...

Preserve Marriage, which opposed same-sex unions in a rigorous campaign culminating with yesterday’s referendum, intends to continue “addressing the community’s social and religious needs”. The group will keep working after significant voter endorsem...