Thursday, January 24, 2013

History Made! The Rhode Island House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Marriage Equality bill


Well, well, well folks! The Rhode Island House of Representatives just made history by passing a marriage equality bill.

The vote was 51-19. Now the bill now goes to the state Senate. Word is their President, Teresa Paiva Weed opposes the bill, but will allow a vote. Let's hope it gets through the Senate, congrats RI!
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2 comments:

  1. Roger PoladopoulosJanuary 24, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    Progress! :)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2013 at 5:22 PM

    It isn't just that it passed, but it passed with a clear mandate of 72%. I had said with just co-sponsors we had 56% locked. So the additional 16% was great.

    It sort of puts a shot across the bow of Senate President Paiva-Weed. Even Rep. Christopher R. Blazejewski called out the Senate and told them to get their shit together. It was great to watch.

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