Keys To the Closet: RI House Approves Civil Unions

Monday, May 23, 2011

RI House Approves Civil Unions

The Rhode Island House has overwhelmingly approved civil unions by a vote of 62-11 after a last-ditch attempt to convert the bill to full marriage equality failed. The bill now goes to the state Senate, where it is predicted to pass easily. Gov. Lincoln Chafee has promised to sign it.

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“I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage.

At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm same-sex couples should be able to get married,” President Barrack Obama.

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Monday, May 23, 2011

RI House Approves Civil Unions

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