Atheist advocate condemned for defending same-sex marriage in Cayman Islands
By Hemant Mehta From Friendly Atheist Last week, marriage equality was finally legalized in the Cayman Islands, a British territory in the Caribbean Sea, after the Grand Court ruled than a ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. The government, however, soon said it…
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Gordon Barlow: The gay marriage thing
By Gordon Barlow This little essay is five years old. I posted it on my personal blog in 2013, as a general commentary on the topic of marriage in general, directed at my international readers. Surprisingly, it’s still relevant today…
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Decriminalisation of sodomy in the Caribbean
From Leonardo Raznovich As part of the ongoing research that the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights is undertaking in the Caribbean, along with the IBA and the ILANUD, a group of almost 50 people which includes CEOs of top companies…
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10 maps show how different LGBTQ rights are around the world
By Shayanne Gal and Ashley Collman from Business Insider On Wednesday, Brunei instituted Sharia Law, making sodomy a capital offense. INSIDER created a series of maps to visualize how gay rights vary around the world. Despite same-sex marriage being legal…
Family Talk: Enduring hardship
By Dr. James Dobson Dear Friends, As we celebrate the Easter season and Jesus’ resurrection from the grave on April 21st, I want to devote my letter to the experience of hardship and persecution that often accompanies the Christian life….
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The Editor speaks: Cayman’s Premier acts under pressure
After Cayman Islands Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, last Friday (29 March) handed down his judgment that same-sex marriages would now be legal in the Cayman Islands, it made news all over the world. I was not surprised at the Chief…
The Editor speaks: Same sex marriage decison, making it now legal in Cayman Islands, has made world wide news
I am giving up most of my Editorial space today to make way for an article published in the UK’s Independent that has reported the news that we have now legalised same-sex marriages slightly differently from all the other world…
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Cayman Islands Governor’s Statement on the Court’s Ruling on Same Sex Marriage
His Excellency The Governor, Martyn Roper OBE has issued the following statement on the ruling given by the Court on Friday in relation to same sex marriage: “I recognise there are strongly held and differing views across the Islands on…
The Editor speaks: Which one is an April Fool’s joke?
The official publication date of today’s iNews Cayman is Monday April 1st, although it went live yesterday evening (Sunday March 31). And, as most of us know, April 1st is known around the world as April Fool’s Day or All…
Commission on the Status of Women agrees Inclusive Conclusions despite backlash
(New York, USA) Despite an increasingly polarized environment and strong pressure against inclusivity and diversity, the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the foremost intergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality, came to a…
