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No “Moral Disruption” From Same Sex Marriage
The Rainbow Alliance said they agree with Opposition Leader Marc Bean that same sex marriage is inevitable in Bermuda, but “reject all heterosexist assertions that such an event will cause moral disruption.” Mr Bean recently appeared on a local television show where he said that he feels that gay marriage is inevitable and made comments... Read more of this article
Premier Cannonier: No Same Sex Marriage
“I can assure you that under my leadership this is not about same sex marriage, and under my leadership that will not happen,” Premier Craig Cannonier said at a press conference yesterday [June 18]. Minister Bob Richards also addressed the matter, saying that the Human Rights Amendment has nothing to do with marriage, as marriage is dealt... Read more of this article
Wayne Furbert’s Motion On Marriage Defeated
PLP MP Wayne Furbert’s suggested change to the Human Rights Act Amendment pertaining to marriage was defeated in the House of Assembly last night [June 14] with all One Bermuda Alliance MPs and three Progressive Labour Party MPs voting it down. Mr Furbert wanted to change the amendment so it could not affect the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1974,... Read more of this article
Runner Proposes To Girlfriend At Finish Line
[Updated] One of the runners in today’s [May 24] Bermuda Day Half-Marathon Derby proposed to his girlfriend at end of the 13-mile race, dropping to his knees when he crossed the finish line and asking his stunned girlfriend to marry him. The woman was cheering on her boyfriend — Thomas Smith — as he entered Bernard Park and completed... Read more of this article
Photos: Elliot Afterschool Tom Thumb Wedding
The Elliot Afterschool Program held a Tom Thumb Wedding on Thursday [May 2], at the Old Christ Church in Devonshire. “May is heritage month and Mrs. Vanessa Steede, careworker and Supervisor’s second, thought it would be fitting to coordinate a reenactment of a Traditional Bermuda Wedding for the students of the Afterschool Program”, a... Read more of this article
TLC Features Dream Bermuda Wedding Gown
In the second season premiere of cable channel TLC’s reality dress-finding show “I Found the Gown,” a Massachusetts bride-to-be discovers the perfect wedding dress for her upcoming dream wedding in Bermuda at a bargain price. In the episode, airing at 11 p.m. Bermuda time tonight [Apr. 19], Carolyn Ward, 28, has her heart set on an elusive... Read more of this article
Mixed Reviews On ‘Photoshop Disaster’
[Updated: The BDOT has responded, and also replaced the photo] A photo from the Bermuda Department of Tourism’s website was posted on the PS Disaster website yesterday [Oct 4], with the website’s readers offering mixed views on whether it truly qualifies as a ‘disaster’ or not. The website highlights errors made when photoshopping... Read more of this article
Police & Fire Service Surprise Wedding Appearance
The Bermuda Police Service and the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service are used to working together to achieve a favourable outcome – and they did just that recently when they made a special appearance at the wedding of American visitors Rebecca Beisel and Jason Stoddard at the Elbow Beach Resort on Wednesday, May 9th 2012. The wedding ceremony... Read more of this article
Soldier’s Marriage Proposal On Regiment Return
Yesterday [May 12] family and friends gathered at the airport to welcome home the Bermuda Regiment from their training exercise in Jamaica, and one soldier’s girlfriend got an extra special surprise. A fake scenario was set up which involved a section leader addressing the group pretending to award a soldier for most improved during the trip. Bermuda... Read more of this article
International Marriage Week Proclamation
The Minister of Youth, Families and Sports Glenn Blakeney issued a proclamation declaring the week long period from February 7th – 14th 2012 as International Marriage Week. Whereas, marriage in every known human society creates new families, binds men and women together in a network of affection, mutual aid and mutual obligation, commits fathers and... Read more of this article
Video: Bermudians Marry At Lahey
[Video auto plays] “Love was the medicine of the day at Lahey Clinic this past Friday as a couple of 30 years tied the knot in a special wedding ceremony in the hospital’s Oncology Department,” reports Burlington Patch. “Wendell Scraders, 60, a resident of Bermuda and a patient at Lahey Clinic for esophageal cancer, married long-time... Read more of this article
UK Police Probe Cunard Abuse Claims
Cunard cruise bosses have spoken of their “deep shock” at a British police probe into alleged child abuse onboard two of their luxury Bermuda-flagged liners. The “Liverpool Echo” newspaper reports today [Jan.23] that detectives are investigating claims of sexual abuse against children alleged to have been committed by a crew member... Read more of this article
