Chief Justice rules same-sex 

marriage is legal

Same-sex marriage is legal in the Cayman Islands after a landmark judgment in Grand Court this morning. Chief Justice Anthony Smellie ruled that the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman was unconstitutional and violated multiple rights.

He ordered that the local law be changed to reflect that same-sex couples are allowed equal access to marriage as heterosexual couples.

His ruling followed a petition by Caymanian Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush.

As she left the court Friday, Day said of the judgement, “It shows that love wins and I am really happy that the right result was received today.”