Same-sex marriage advocates plan Rhode Island State House rally

Dan82 · May 3, 2011

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Advocates for same-sex marriage have not given up the fight, despite the decision by House Speaker Gordon D. Fox -- once their most prominent backer in Rhode Island -- to seek passage of what he believes is a more attainable goal this year: civil unions.

The advocacy group known as Marriage Equality Rhode Island has announced a rally at the State House for 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, to coincide with the anticipated introduction of the leaderhsip-backed civil-unions bill.

A statement issued Monday by the advocacy group said: "The rally is in response to an overwhelming outcry by marriage-equality supporters expressing their unwillingness to accept the second‐class rights bestowed by civil unions.

"We are rallying to let everyone know we will not accept the legalized discrimination civil
unions would create. Our demand has always been for the recognition of full equality, not the establishment of a second class of citizenship," said MERI campaign director and former state Rep. Ray Sullivan.

Spokesman Bill Fischer said the group is not, at this point, actively "whipping up votes'' against civil unions,'' but it is not an alternative MERI supports...

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Same-sex marriage advocates plan Rhode Island State House rally

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