Bermuda: ‘equal’ marriage disappears

Coalition for Marriage  |  World
Date posted:  1 Feb 2018
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Bermuda: ‘equal’ marriage disappears

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Bermuda became the first territory in the world, in early December, to restore the traditional definition of marriage by legislating to ban same-sex weddings only six months after they were introduced.

Voters in the British Overseas Territory had rejected same-sex marriage by a landslide in a referendum in 2016.

Change of government

However, earlier this year the island’s Supreme Court disregarded the public vote to rule that same-sex marriage should be legal. The first of these ceremonies took place in June.

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