CROWD FUNDING GOES LIVE at 10am in Bermuda - 2pm GMT https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/same-sex-marriage-bermuda/ Our 1st target is to raise $ 250k #Bermuda legal fight could go to Privy Council costing $ 1 million The 1st challenge alone (May 21/22) will cost approximately $ 250,000 THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN BERMUDA We are launching this crowd funding appeal in our legal fight for this important human rights issue. Gay Bermudian, Rod Ferguson, is bringing a legal action against the Attorney General in the Bermuda Supreme Court. The case will be heard on May 21st and 22nd by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. The case, if appealed, could go all the way to the Privy Council. In December of 2017, the Government of Bermuda passed domestic partnership legislation which the U.K.-appointed Governor of Bermuda gave his assent and signed into law on February 7th, 2018. This legislation reversed the 2017 decision by the Bermuda Supreme Court that originally legalized marriage equality in Bermuda. Bermuda is the first country in the world to remove the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples. We truly believe that this action is inconsistent with the rights bestowed upon Mr. Ferguson and the rest of the LGBTQ community under the Bermuda Constitution. Everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, is entitled to the same services and rights. The Bermuda Supreme Court ruled on May 5th 2017 in favor of Winston & Greg Godwin-DeRoche after they were denied a marriage license by the Registrar General of Bermuda. As a result, same-sex marriage became legal in Bermuda. Only 7 months later, following a general election, the newly formed Government introduced and passed the Domestic Partnership legislation that revoked the right for same-sex couples to marry. This creates three classes of Bermudian citizens with respect to marriage: heterosexual citizens who have had the right to marry throughout, the ten same-sex couples who married when it was legal and whose marriages remain valid, and gay and lesbian Bermudians who no longer have the right to marry, and can only enter into a domestic partnership. Don't hurt us, help us. Please support the LGBTQ community in Bermuda with a donation for this most important legal fight. With Bermuda becoming the first country to reverse same-sex marriage, some may feel emboldened to attempt a rollback of same-sex marriage rights in other countries. The Bermuda case has important global ramifications.