The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 9, 2018 Bermuda Becomes First to Revoke Marriage Equality Rights -------------------------------------------------------- Bermuda's governor has signed a bill that rescinds the right of same-sex couples to marry. The new law reverses a ruling by Bermuda's Supreme Court last May that allows any two people to wed, making the British territory's government the first to take away marriage equality rights. .