Gay Marriage Rally Held at Rhode Island State House

With the General Assembly scheduled to reconvene at the end of the month, supporters of same-sex marriage Saturday held a rally on the steps of the State House to try to put more heat on individual senators and representatives to come around to their cause. About 150 people who support gay marriage and attended the rally pledged to sign postcards that will be sent to their legislators over the next few days to let them know that they want Rhode Island to allow men to marry men and women to marry women. Rhode Island is the only state in New England that does not allow same-sex marriage. Although Governor Carcieri, House Speaker William J. Murphy and Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed oppose legalizing gay marriage, other politicians in the state, including Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts and the openly gay mayor of Providence, David N. Cicilline, do. Full Story from Projo.com: http://www.projo.com/news/content/MARRIAGE_EQUALITY_10-18-09_HKG4HTT_v15.353e948.html

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