The British overseas territory is also on the brink of becoming the first country in the world to re-ban same-sex marriage, in the same year that it was legalized.
Last Friday, MPs in Bermuda’s House of Assembly voted 24-10 in favor of the Bill to replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Bermuda’s Senate will vote on the Domestic Partnership Act (DPA), introduced by the ruling Progressive Labor Party (PLP), which won power in July’s general election.
Should the bill pass the Senate, the bill would have to receive royal assent from John Rankin, the governor of Bermuda, before it becomes law.
The Senate numbers 11 members: five from the PLP, three from the opposition party One Bermuda Alliance (OBA), and three independent senators in whose hands—along with Bermuda’s governor—the fate of same-sex marriage in Bermuda now lies.
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