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June 07, 2016
Hunt urges non-emotive vote

Co-Executive Director of the YES Bahamas campaign and former Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Heather Hunt yesterday encouraged voters to vote without emotions in today's gender equality referendum.

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June 06, 2016
PM: It's time to vote YES

PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night urged voters to support Tuesday's referendum, insisting that the idea of a "hidden agenda" involving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community "is crazy."

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Vote yes for equality
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June 06, 2016
Vote yes for equality

Dear Editor,
I have been awaiting the many times delayed referendum on equality under the law for some time now.

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June 02, 2016
International groups support 'yes' vote

SIX major international agencies yesterday threw their support behind a "yes" vote in the upcoming gender equality referendum, projecting that its success will impact reform efforts worldwide.

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June 01, 2016
'Vote won't bring same-sex marriage but will help rights'

HUMAN rights activist Erin Greene said yesterday she does not believe the fourth constitutional amendment will pave the way for same-sex marriage in the Bahamas but she said it will give members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender community the "rights" they deserve.

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May 31, 2016
'Voting no could open door to same-sex marriage'

A VOTE against bill four may actually make it "easier to overturn the existing legal ban on same-sex marriage," according to Constitutional Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney who has hit out at the "irony" of arguments launched by opponents of the fourth Constitutional Amendment Bill.

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May 30, 2016
Filmmaker: we will be in trouble if we vote No

THE Bahamas would be in "deep trouble" if voters in the upcoming constitutional referendum succumbed to misinformation and fear when casting their ballots, an award winning filmmaker told The Tribune yesterday.

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May 30, 2016
Arguments advanced by the no vote

As we approach the June 7 gender equality referendum, the talk of the town has taken on a new dimension.

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May 26, 2016
Yes is the natural vote

All Christians should not have issues voting yes for the four gender referendum bills, as they are simply and clearly about equality between males and females in the constitution.

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May 25, 2016
Thompson urges yes vote as referendum nears

Rev. Dr. William Thompson last night urged Bahamians to support the gender equality referendum bills, using the important national platform of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention to do so.

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