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Brian Ellsworth and Don Burgess

Bermuda ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, London tribunal says

FILE PHOTO: Rod Attride-Stirling (L), a lawyer who successfully challenged legislation banning gay marriage, poses for a photograph with gay rights supporters Judith Aidoo-Saltus (2nd L), Winston Godwin (3rd L), Maryellen Jackson (3rd R), Zakiya Johnson Lord (2nd R) and Adrian Hartnett-Beasley in front of court after the hearing, in Hamilton, Bermuda November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Emma Farge

A London tribunal on Monday ruled that a 2018 Bermuda law that bans same-sex marriage in the British overseas territory is constitutional, a departure from the broad trend towards legalisation of gay marriage in the West.

Bermuda's top court in 2018 ruled that the 2018 Domestic Partnership Act, which allows same-sex couples to form partnerships but prohibits them from marrying, violates constitutional freedom of conscience.

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