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Hunt urges non-emotive vote
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.
PM: It's time to vote YES
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."
Vote yes for equality
Vote yes for equality
Dear Editor,
I have been awaiting the many times delayed referendum on equality under the law for some time now.
International groups support 'yes' vote
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.
'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.
'Voting no could open door to same-sex marriage'
'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.
Filmmaker: we will be in trouble if we vote No
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.
Arguments advanced by the no vote
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.
Yes is the natural vote
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.
Thompson urges yes vote as referendum nears
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.