Tag Archives: Rhode Island

Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut chain with over 500 locations in the U.S., is sponsoring a National Organization for Marriage anti-gay event in Rhode Island, at which the featured speaker will be the reptilian Maggie Gallagher herself. Wesli Dymoke at Providence Daily Dose is floored: Yes, Tim Hortons. The Dunkin Donuts of Canada. You know, Canada — where same-sex marriage …

Rhode Island police have arrested three young women and a female minor for assaulting a group of anti-gay Catholic activists who were protesting same-sex marriage. Red-sashed members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property were waving anti-gay signs at a Warwick intersection when the women stopped to confront them. The salsa and eggs stopped flying, …

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property, those red-caped Catholic loons who are on a six state hate tour of the northeast, claim they were assaulted by “pro-homosexual activists” in Rhode Island yesterday. Via Christian Newswire: Volunteer, Rex Teodosio described the scene: “We were at a busy intersection, getting strong support for traditional marriage. Three women …

“I served the residents of Rhode Island as both Mayor of Warwick and a United States Senator, and in that time I have dealt with my share of controversial issues. I have seen people of diverse backgrounds and divergent political affiliations come together to do what is right when the best interests of our state’s citizens were at stake. Rhode …

Remember the very recent “6 x 12” slogan vowing to bring marriage equality to all of New England by 2012? Well, here we are at “5 x 9″…and folks are now looking to Rhode Island to bring us in three years early.

Although they resolutely continue to block any recognition of gay relationships, the Rhode Island legislature is poised to approve a bill giving gays the legal right to arrange for the funerals of their partners. The bill, which gives the surviving partner precedence over the deceased’s biological family, was unanimously approved in the RI Senate yesterday and now moves to the …

Tomorrow the Rhode Island House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hear two bills on marriage. One bill proposes a statewide referendum on same-sex unions. The meeting is scheduled Wednesday, May 13, at the rise of the House session (around 4:45 p.m.) in Room 313 on the third floor of the State House. Scheduled for a hearing is a bill (2009-H …

“Let me explain the “champagne principle.” Not every wine is champagne. Champagne has certain very specific, universally recognized characteristics. If someone were to take a bottle of Chianti, label and sell it as champagne, they’d be arrested for fraud. In the same way, those who seek to redefine marriage – with its specific characteristics – and to usurp the title …

The Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders are working on a plan for marriage equality in all of New England by 2012. “We can make New England a marriage-equality zone by strategically combining existing legal, electoral and on-the-ground know-how to fast-track marriage in every New England state,” GLAD Executive Director Lee Swislow said. “By 2012, we not only can have …

Could four more New England states get marriage equality by 2012? The group that helped legalize gay marriage in two New England states wants to do the same in the other four by the year 2012. GLAD — which stands for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders — announced the campaign Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the key court decision …

The Rhode Island legislature has overridden Gov. Don Carcieri’s veto of a bill providing domestic partners of state employees access to state pension and retirement benefits. The legislation includes all employees with pensions managed through the Employee Retirement System of RI – teachers, judges, and other state and municipal employees. To qualify, partners must have lived together for one year …