O le asō, na malilie ai le faʻamasinoga maualuga o Bermuda e faʻaleaoga le faʻasāpāpea faʻaipoipoga a le atunuʻu, ma filifili ai e faʻataua le OUTBermuda ma lana aufaʻamasinoga. O le saunoaga a Zakiya Johnson Lord ma Adrian Hartnett-Beasley o le OUTBermuda, na saunoa ai mo le manuia o Talosaga, "Toe manumalo le alofa! O matou loto ma faʻamoemoe ua tumu, faʻafetai i lenei faʻaiuga faʻaiuga filifiliga e le matou Faʻamasinoga Maualuga ma lona aloaʻia e taua uma aiga Bermuda. Tulaga tutusa i lalo o le tulafono o lo tatou tofi, ma tatou amata i le faia tutusa uma faaipoipo. "

Johnson Lord ma Hartnett-Beasley o Faʻatonu o OUTBermuda, o se tasi o suʻega manuia i moliaga tuʻufaʻatasi na aumai e Roderick Ferguson ma Maryellen Jackson ma le faʻamoemoe e faʻaleaogaina vaega o le Tulafono Faʻapaʻaga Faʻalotoifale a le Aiga lea na faʻamamaina aia tatau faʻaipoipo mo ulugaliʻi itupa tutusa. Na aufaatasi atu i le latou faamatalaga e Sylvia Hayward Harris ma Dr. Gordon Campbell.

Na ofoina mai e Ferguson ma Jackson se faamatalaga soofaatasi: “Na matou o mai uma i le faamasinoga ma le faamoemoe e tasi. O le mea lea e fa'aleaogaina ai aiaiga le talafeagai o le Tulafono o Fa'apa'aga Fa'alotoifale na taumafai e aveese aiā tatau a ulugalii tutusa e faaipoipo ai. O le soloia o le faaipoipoga i le itupa e tasi e le na o le le tonu, ae o le solomuli ma le le tusa ai ma le faavae; Ua ioe nei le Faamasinoga e faapea o lo tatou talitonuga i le faaipoipoga a le itupa e tasi o se faalapotopotoga e tatau ona puipuia faaletulafono ma o lena talitonuga sa faia e le Tulafono i se faiga faailoga tagata i lalo o le Faavae o Bermuda. Matou te faʻaauau pea ona lagolagoina aia tatau faʻa-lotoifale mo tagata Bermudians uma e filifili, ae le o le faʻaleagaina o le teenaina o le faaipoipoga i nisi.

Na momoli le faafetai tele a le au talosaga i a latou loia ia Rod S. Attride-Stirling (ASW Law Limited) ma Mark Pettingill (Chancery Legal), mo le latou galuega maoae ma le poto faapitoa i totonu o le Faamasinoga. Na latou faailoa foi le agaga faʻafetai i le Carnival Corporation mo lana taʻitaʻiga na lagolagoina le latou faʻamoemoe ma faʻamatalaga tauto e lagolagoina ai le faʻamasinoga na saunia e Julia ma Judith Aidoo-Saltus, Chai T, Wesley Metotisi Ekalesia, Sylvia Hayward-Harris, Douglas NeJaime ma le kamupani o le Carnival Corporation Roger Frizzell.

OUTBermuda faʻalauteleina ma lagolagoina le soifua manuia, soifua maloloina, mamalu, saogalemu, saogalemu ma le puipuiga o le LGBTQ afioʻaga i Bermuda e ala i le saunia o aʻoaʻoga faʻavae i mataupu o le eseesega, aofia ai, malamalama ma taliaina e uiga i LGBTQ tagata. Latou te sailia lautele e faʻalauteleina aia tatau a tagata, ma le faʻalauiloaina o le tutusa ma le eseesega e faʻatatau i le LGBTQ afioʻaga i Bermuda.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Johnson Lord and Hartnett-Beasley are Directors of OUTBermuda, one of the successful litigants in joint lawsuits brought by Roderick Ferguson and Maryellen Jackson with an aim to revoke sections of the recently enacted Domestic Partnership Act that removed marriage rights for same-sex couples.
The Court has now agreed that our belief in same-sex marriage as an institution is deserving of legal protection and that belief was treated by the Act in a discriminatory way under Bermuda's Constitution.
They also expressed gratitude to Carnival Corporation for its leadership supporting their cause and for the affidavits in support of the litigation provided by Julia and Judith Aidoo-Saltus, Chai T, Wesley Methodist Church, Sylvia Hayward-Harris, Douglas NeJaime and by Carnival Corporation executive Roger Frizzell.