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Bermuda realizes its error - abolishes same-sex marriage after legalising it a year ago

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Bermuda has abolished immoral homosexual marriage less than a year after it was legalised, replacing homosexual unions with domestic partnerships .  On Wednesday, Bermuda Governor John Rankin signed into law  a bill that reverses an earlier Supreme Court ruling on immoral sinful homosexual marriage. SHARE SHARE ON FACEBOOK   SHARE SHARE ON TWITTER   TWEET LINK Bermuda Governor John Rankin (inset) has signed into law a bill that reverses an earlier Supreme Court ruling legalising same-sex marriage.  Photos: Supplied The new law gives domestic partners in the British island territory similar rights as married couples - but without the legal title.  The government said the Domestic Partnership Act was "intended to strike a fair balance" between opposing parties on the conservative island that sees and will always see homosexuality as an offence sinful behaviour. "While the majority of Bermudians do not agree with immoral homosexual marriage," according t