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Gov. Lincoln Chafee. (Photo credit SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Rhode Island Becomes 10th State With Gay Marriage

Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law on the Statehouse steps Thursday evening following a final 56-15 vote in the House. The first weddings will take place Aug. 1, when the law takes effect.

2013/05/02

Same-sex marriage supporters talk with same-sex marriage opponents in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo credit SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

NightSide – Claire Laporte And Andrew Beckwith Discuss Same Sex Marriage

The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage

WBZ NewsRadio 1030–2013/04/09

Coakley Asking Supreme Court To Throw Out Defense Of Marriage Act

The law prohibits same-sex couples in states where gay marriage is legal from receiving an array of federal benefits available to heterosexual married couples.

2013/03/27

(File Photo Credit: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)

Keller @ Large: Gay Marriage – Beliefs Don’t Trump Rights

It’s not the American way to let the religious or social beliefs of some trump the rights of others.

2013/03/26

RI Boy With Two Moms Testifies In Favor Of Same-Sex Marriage

If Rhode Island does approve same sex marriage this year, a sixth grader’s speech may take some of the credit.

2013/03/25

We Report, The Supreme Court Decides: Gay Marriage Will Probably Win 5-4

The United States Supreme Court is taking on the subject…..taking on the argument started by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and if the polling trends are even close to being accurate, the argument should soon be settled…maybe sometime this summer. Most of the experts are predicting 5-4…..one way or the other.

2013/03/25

Rhode Island Episcopal Bishop Nicholas Knisely

Gay Marriage Support In Rhode Island Gets Boost From Episcopal Bishop

Episcopal Bishop Nicholas Knisely says he supports gay marriage not in spite of his faith but because of it, and says gays and lesbians deserve the same marriage rights as any other couple.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030–2013/01/19

The Supreme Court will hear a case on gay marriage.

Supreme Court To Hear Case On Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California’s ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute about federal benefits for legally married gay couples.

2012/12/07

The Oakhurst Retreat and Conference Center in Northbridge.

Gay Couple Sues Worcester Diocese For Refusing To Sell Mansion To Them

A gay couple has sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester for allegedly refusing to sell them a Northbridge mansion because church officials were concerned they would host gay weddings at the site.

2012/09/10

Sen. Scott Brown Weighs In On Chick-fil-A Controversy

Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown says he disagrees with the CEO of fast food chain Chick-fil-A, whose opposition to gay marriage has touched off a national furor.
Brown said he was glad company president Dan Cathy later clarified that his company doesn’t discriminate.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030–2012/07/28

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