R.I. Assembly Digest: Senate panel to take up civil-unions bill

Dan82 · Jun 1, 2011

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The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on a proposal to grant gay couples civil unions in Rhode Island.

The proposal, introduced by Rep. Peter J. Petrarca, D-Lincoln, was overwhelmingly approved by the House in May. It would grant same-sex couples all of the legal rights afforded to married couples in the state.

House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, who is an openly gay Providence Democrat, lobbied this year for passage of a bill to allow gay couples the right to marry; however, he failed to generate enough support in his chamber for the measure. Petrarca introduced his legislation as a compromise bill.

Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, a Newport Democrat who is opposed to gay marriage, has said a civil-unions bill has “broad support” in the Senate...

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R.I. Assembly Digest: Senate panel to take up civil-unions bill

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