RI: Anti Gay Conference Held in Smithfield

Representatives from several anti-LGBT organizations gathered in Rhode Island on Saturday, Feb. 27, for a conference billed as the New England Family, Life and Marriage Summit. The event, organized by the Family Research Council, was held at Ocean State Baptist Church in Smithfield.

Rhode Island remains the only New England state not to have recognized nuptials for same-sex couples, and is therefore, a battleground for activists on both sides of the issue. Governor Don Carcieri has supported the efforts of the National Organization for Marriage to stop marriage and appeared at a fundraiser last October for the Massachusetts Family Institute.

The 60 people in attendance were matched by an equal number of protesters from LGBT organizations. Members of the Providence Equality Action Committee and Queer Action of RI held signs and condemned the homophobic sentiments being expressed inside the church.

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