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Same-sex marriage is presently not recognised within the Cayman Islands. The two couples have been compelled to go away the Cayman Islands, regardless of one partner being a Cayman citizen. The proposal was voted down 8-9. It was filed by MLA Anthony Eden after the Immigration Appeals Tribunal ruled to permit the identical-intercourse companion of a work permit holder to stay in the Cayman Islands as a dependant on his or her companion's permit. In July 2016, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal ruled in favour of a gay man who sought to be recognised as a dependant. A July 2016 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights had significant implications for the lawsuit. Catholic Civil Rights League. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Despite this ruling, immigration authorities later refused to grant dependency rights to two twin Caymanian-British similar-intercourse couples. The ECHR found that refusal to grant a residence permit to a identical-intercourse couple in Italy on family grounds was unjustified discrimination. The Constitution of the Cayman Islands, authorised in June 2009, notes that the government "shall respect" the best of every unmarried man and woman of marriageable age as outlined by regulation to freely marry a person of the opposite intercourse and to found a family. |
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