It is troubling for the UK that its government has sanctioned the world’s first repeal of same-sex marriage rightsOne of the brightest legacies of David Cameron and George Osborne is that LGBT issues became non-party. They ceased to be political,and LGBT equality was recognised as the fundamental human rights issue it is. Cameron bestowed a genuine gift on the world when he stood firm in his support for, and commitment to, or equal marriage.
It therefore feels inconceivable that just five years after the passing of that momentous legislation that confirmed our equality,the current Conservative government has sanctioned the removal of equal marriage in Bermuda. final summer the Bermudian courts recognised that the constitutional requirement for equality mandated marriage for all. That court relied solely on Bermudian jurisprudence to reach its decision, but its reasoning was the same as that of the US supreme court, and which also found that equality means you cannot deny people the right to marry simply because of the sex of their partner.
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Source: guardian.co.uk