THE BRITISH Virgin Islands will hold a referendum to decide whether they will make same-sex...
The BVI has been hit with a legal challenge over the stance on same-sex marriage
BVI Premier, Natalio Wheatley, said: “A case is currently before the High Court, which could potentially impact the social and religious fabric of our society. A same-sex couple, both Virgin Islanders, were married abroad, and have mounted a legal challenge to have their union legally recognised here in the Virgin Islands.”
The legal challenges come amid the conservative Caribbean undergoing a reckoning over colonial-era laws by the British.
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