Gay Couples Who Could Finally Marry In Bermuda Feel Like Second-class Citizens Again

Expand Gay Couples Who Could Finally Marry In Bermuda Feel Like Second-class Citizens Again. Boris Dittrich.  Bermuda has just taken away same-sex couples' right to marry. In a new law signed this week by Bermuda's Governor, John Rankin, the right for same-sex couples to marry has been replaced with the option of a domestic partnership, a status that will be open to both same- and different-sex couples. Bermuda, a British overseas territory with about 65,000 inhabitants, is the first country in the world to reverse its laws on same-sex marriage, doing so with remarkable speed. It was only…

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