There are a myriad of issues that would restrict my marriage from being equal to that of a heterosexual couple.” “My husband would not be able to come to Bermuda to work and we would have issues over things like property that might be left to me. I want to get married but my marriage would not be recognised in Bermuda and along with that come all the privileges that heterosexual couples have when they are married. Mr Hayward told Bernews: “I grew up in Bermuda and I have Bermudian parents. A gay couple have filed an official notice with the Registrar General that they want to get married in Bermuda, saying that “it would set a precedent, and we would be equal in the eyes of the law.”īermudian Ijumo Hayward, 46, and American Clarence Williams III, 40, have filed a Notice of Intended Marriage to the Registrar General.
