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June 02, 2016
QC calls on Bahamians to vote yes to all questions

WITH less than a week left before the June 7 referendum on gender equality, prominent Freeport attorney and human rights activist Fred Smith, QC, is urging Bahamians to end discrimination between men and women in The Bahamas by voting "yes" to all four referendum questions.

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May 30, 2016
Gov't calls for Minnis to show support for Yes vote

THE government yesterday called on FNM Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis to find the courage to publicly support a 'yes' vote in the upcoming gender equality referendum as he did in Parliament.

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May 26, 2016
'Govt paying for yes votes

Leader of the Official Opposition Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday he has received reports from "legitimate sources" that the government is offering money, jobs and contracts for yes votes in the June 7 gender equality referendum...

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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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May 25, 2016
Yes campaign invites Minnis to get involved

In a statement last night, the YES campaign responded to claims made by Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis that the government is attempting to shove a yes vote down the throats of Bahamians ahead of the June 7 gender equality referendum.

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May 25, 2016
Fitzgerald: Facts strongly on side of vote yes effort

Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald said yesterday that the facts and the law are very strongly on the side of the vote yes campaign.

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May 24, 2016
Minnis: Govt shoving yes vote down people's throats

Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis has questioned the government's method of trying to obtain votes in the upcoming gender equality referendum claiming that the current administration is being "biased and undemocratic".

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May 23, 2016
'Yes Bahamas' marchers take to the streets in Freeport

MOTHERS, fathers and children participated in a "Yes Bahamas" march in Freeport on Saturday morning in support of the four Constitutional Amendment Bills on gender equality which will be voted on in the June 7 referendum.

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May 23, 2016
Loretta doubts 'yes' vote win

LONG ISLAND MP Loretta Butler Turner yesterday admitted that she was "not confident" the proposed gender equality referendum will pass.

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