RI gay marriage bill headed to final vote

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

RI gay marriage bill headed to final vote

AP foreign, Wednesday May 1 2013

DAVID KLEPPER

Associated Press= PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island appears poised to become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a legislative panel voted Tuesday to forward same-sex marriage legislation to the full House for a final — and largely procedural — vote.

The outcome of Thursday's House vote is not in doubt, as the House overwhelmingly passed an earlier version of the bill in January. The Senate passed the bill by a comfortable margin last week, but it had to return to the House because of small changes made in the Senate.

"We're one step closer," said Sen. Donna Nesselbush, D-Pawtucket and the bill's sponsor in the Senate. "Every step is important and every step is exciting."

Gov. Lincoln Chafee is expected to sign the bill into law quickly after it passes the House.

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[Dan Ken]

1. What is happening in this world if Rhode Island joins

five other New England states, and New York, and so many others?

Does this mean Rhode Island is joining the twenty-first century? Oh miracles of miracles. I happen to know lots of people who left Massachusetts in the last 15 years, just to escape the high real estate prices. Those damn liberals from Mass are taking over Rhode Island and making it civilized and reasonable for the first time in 100 years ... damn them!

(If you're not from Rhode Island, and don't understand the history of that state, please don't dump on this comment, there's a long history of religious tolerance in Rhode Island, (and some wonderful places to visit in this small state), but RI has NOT been known for tolerance and lack of corruptions since WW I.


Rhode Island, for the most part, resembles Massachusetts, but they are distinctly different states, Massachusetts towers over RI, not only in land area, seven times as much, but in noted colleges. Most Rhode Islanders are wonderful people, but a bit jealous of the bigger states the state touches up against.

[LostOne4Ever]

2. The tide of history continues to roll in

Way to go RI!

Another states stands up for what is right!