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Bermuda becomes world's first country to repeal same-sex marriage legislation
Bermuda becomes world's first country to repeal same-sex marriage legislationhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/08/bermuda-reversessame-sex-marriage-legislation-world-first/
Bermuda's governor has approved a bill reversing the right of gay couples to marry in the British overseas territory, despite a Supreme Court ruling authorising same-sex marriage last year.
The decision by Governor John Rankin in the wealthy Atlantic island of 60,000 people represents a rare reversal of a trend among Western countries of legalizing same-sex marriage.
Under the Domestic Partnership Act 2017, already passed by Bermuda's House of Assembly and Senate, any Bermudian will be allowed to form domestic partnerships which the government says will offer equal rights.
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