Bermuda becomes the first territory in the world to reverse the law of gay marriage
GAYLES.TV.- Hard setback for rights LGTB + in the world. For the first time a territory has canceled Law of equal marriage. It has happened in Shorts, where the 5 of May of 2017 the Supreme Court of this overseas British territory ruled in favor of the Bermudian citizen Winston Godwin and from her fiancé, the Canadian Greg DeRoche, who wanted to get married in the archipelago. Less than a year later this right has been replaced by the new Law of Domestic Unions.
What was a historic breakthrough, has become a slap for all people who celebrate the progress of the collective. The governor of Bermuda, John Rankin, has passed a law that reverses the legalization of gay marriage in the region. The new one Law of Domestic Unions that replaces gay marriage, was approved by the Senate of Shorts in December of 2017, and although it recognizes and protects unions between people of the same sex, it rules that they will not be able to marry.
However, it grants rights such as inheritance if there is no prior will and medical decisions on behalf of the couple. According Walton Brown, Minister of National Affairs, the majority of the citizens of Shorts they are against gay marriage. «This law seeks to find a balance between those on the island who believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman and at the same time recognize and protect the rights of homosexuals", has declared. Prior to approval in 2017, the population of Bermuda rejected in a query the Gay Marriage for an 49% against for an 31% in favor.
The decision to annul the Law of gay marriage in Shorts has aroused opposition from various rights groups LGTB +, who consider it illegal to allow a law and then refuse. Also several cruise companies consider this measure disappointing as many of their passengers marry aboard their boats in Bermuda. Undoubtedly, the annulment destroys the illusions of many people who see advances in collective rights recede.
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