From earlier this week:
An opponent of same-sex marriage, Governor Carcieri has vetoed a bill that would have added "domestic partners" to the list of people authorized by law to make funeral arrangements for each other.
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Angered at their governor's appearance at a fundraiser for anti-gay hate group the Massachusetts Family Institute, where he said that "marriage is not a civil right" and that he was "aggravated" by the issue, marriage equality activists rallied at the Rhode Island state house this weekend.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island seems almost certain to remain the only New England state that does not recognize gay marriage after measures legalizing same-sex unions stalled just before the part-time General Assembly ended the bulk of its annual work.
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Gay Pride in Rhode Island: love, but no marriage equalityExaminer.comAs Gay Pride Week-end is celebrated in Providence, I wish for all of my married friends and those about to marry -- the years of marriage that State Representative Frank Ferri has shared with Tony Caparco, whom he calls his husband of 28 years.
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