Rhode Island governor signs 'flawed' same-sex civil unions bill into law
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Saturday signed into law legislation legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples.
View ArticleImpact of New York's marriage equality law is already spreading
This week: Rhode Island is getting civil unions, Maine will collect signatures to overturn that state's marriage ban, and seven couples have sued New Jersey to do the same there. The AMA endorsed...
View ArticleNOM slapped down by the courts while its bus tour is flopping hard
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has again ruled against the National Organization for Marriage’s attempts to challenge the “constitutionality of a Rhode Island election law requiring the reporting...
View ArticleRhode Island: Only nine couples take advantage of same-sex civil unions law
On July 2nd of this year, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed a bill which legalized civil unions in the Ocean State. Though Governor Chafee recognized that the bill was "imperfect" (as it did...
View ArticleAnti-gay NOM still circumventing campaign finance laws for donor secrecy
The nation’s leading anti-gay group, the National Organization for Marriage, opposes marriage and civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, and earlier this month, many of the leading Republican...
View ArticleObama addresses HRC, anti-gay NC Senator is a liar, RI and Maine Senators on...
President Obama's doing everything right for the LGBT community -- except marriage. An anti-gay senator from North Carolina is things up again. And Senators in Rhode Island and Maine need to hear from...
View ArticleRhode Island first lady to officiate same-sex civil union ceremony
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- Rhode Island's First Lady Stephanie Chafee, wife of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, has announced that she will perform a same-sex civil union ceremony for two close friends.
View Article2011: An 'epic year of transformation' for marriage equality in the U.S.
One leading advocate called 2011 an “epic” year for marriage equality. Was it? While only one state -- New York -- enacted full marriage rights for same-sex couples, it was the most populous state to...
View ArticleR.I. governor orders state recognition of legally married same-sex couples
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Monday issued an executive order directing state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state as legal, and to treat...
View ArticleLeaked GOP memo reveals supports for same-sex marriage
A leaked memo urges an about-face for anti-equality Republicans. A civil unions bill dies in Colorado, for now. But access to marriage expands in Rhode Island, and more new surveys confirm the...
View ArticleRoundup: MT GOP wants to imprison gays, flawed study on gay parenting
A new study tries to show that the kids of gay and lesbian parents are worse off than the kids of straight parents. We'll take a look at all of the problems with that study, and there's a lot of them....
View ArticleRhode Island governor says primary race 'pivotal' for marriage equality
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The independent governor of Rhode Island said Tuesday that an upcoming Democratic primary could be key in determining whether the state will pass same-sex marriage legislation next year.
View ArticleOut congressman David Cicilline wins primary, vies for second term
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), one of just four openly gay members of Congress, won his Democratic primary Tuesday against Anthony Gemma, an opponent he also defeated in 2010 when he was first...
View ArticleOpenly gay congressman linked to child molester in GOP political attack ad
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new political ad sponsored by the National Republican Congressional Committee links freshman U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) to a convicted pedophile and murderer he...
View ArticleOut Congressman David Cicilline re-elected in Rhode Island
Gay Rep. David Cicilline won re-election to Congress on Tuesday from Rhode Island. Cicilline, a former two-term mayor of Providence, should have had a relatively easy race for a second term in office...
View ArticleRhode Island legislature likely to consider same-sex marriage bill in 2013
Rhode Island state Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed (D-Democrat) said Monday that, despite her opposition to same-sex marriage, she expects the issue will be considered by the Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleRhode Island House Speaker to call for early vote on marriage equality
The Rhode Island General Assembly kicks off its 2013 session Tuesday, and the first big debate of the year is likely to center on same-sex marriage.
View ArticleRhode Island state Senate approves civil unions for same-sex couples
Coming just days after the New York legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage, Rhode Island state lawmakers on Wednesday voted to approve a bill that would permit civil unions between gay and...
View ArticleRhode Island Bishop on civil unions: ‘God will pass judgment upon our state’
Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, on Thursday sent a warning to Rhode Islanders of God’s wrath for the passage of same-sex civil unions, and forbade Catholics...
View ArticleRhode Island governor signs ‘flawed’ same-sex civil unions bill into law
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Saturday signed into law legislation legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples.
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