Rhode Islanders may get gay marriage rights
New Jersey gay couples may not be the only ones celebrating gay unions this week, homosexual couples in Rhode Island who were married in the neighboring state of Massachusetts may get the same rights as heterosexual couples very soon. As a matter of fact, they may already have them?!
The R.I. state attorney general said today that the absence of a law banning gay marriage leaves no strong reason to deny recognition to gay marriages performed in Massachusetts, the only state where such unions are legal.
"It's essentially guidance. It's my interpretation of the law," he said.
Attorney General Patrick Lynch released that statement along with this on Wednesday:
"Rhode Island will recognize same sex marriages lawfully performed in Massachusetts as marriages in Rhode Island."
I wonder if New York would ever do that for New Jersey?
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I think that it is very good that people are starting to treat homosexuals the same as heterosexuals. People like us need to be treated with some respect as being a couple. Do you know if pennsylvania will reconize such union of marriage? Well like I said it is about time.