Lawmakers move to ban gay marriage

A simple change to Cayman Islands law which would officially ban homosexual marriages here has now been drafted by legislators.

The text of the Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2008 was released on Wednesday. The amendment reads: “’Marriage’ means the union between a man and a woman as husband and wife.”

The amendment has been expected since Leader of Government Business Kurt Tibbetts first announced that lawmakers would deal with the issue in July 2007. Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush also supported such a change in a Private Members Motion filed in the LA in June of this year.

The amendment bill will require the full support of the Legislative Assembly before it’s passed into law. That could happen as early as the next scheduled meeting of the house.

Lawmakers move to ban gay marriage
Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands