The government of the British Virgin Islands is defending a proposal to explicitly prohibit same-sex marriage in the territory’s new constitution, which is currently being developed through a series of public consultations. The recommendation, put forward by the constitutional review commission and accepted by elected leaders, would define marriage as a union between two people “of the opposite sex at birth.” If adopted, the provision would form…
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