Bermuda had its first gay wedding less than a month after a case brought by a homosexual couple ended with a judge’s landmark ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry in the island.
Lesbian partners Julia Saltus and Judith Aidoo has the distinction of being the first same-sex couple to tie the knot, after saying their vows at the Registry-General before the Assistant Registrar last Wednesday.
On May 5, in a civil suit brought by Bermudian Winston Godwin and Canadian Greg DeRoche, Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage constitutes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Despite the historic ruling, the couple later opted to say their vows in Canada.
The news that the first same-sex marriage had taken place was disclosed during a Supreme Court hearing
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