Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal in Rhode Island
Source: CBS News
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Rhode Island
May 02, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends.
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.
"I've been waiting 32 years for this day, and I never thought it would come in my lifetime," said Raymond Beausejour, a 66-year-old gay North Providence man who has been with his partner for 32 years. "For the first time in my life, I feel welcome in my own state."
After Chafee signed the bill, the hundreds of people who gathered on the Statehouse grounds erupted into cheers as a chorus sang "Chapel of Love."
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We'll have Prop 8 overturned or the case thrown back to the 9th Circuit and the same will be true (again) for California. Woo, Hoo, and very happy for RI 
And now we've got Ted "McCarthy" Cruz to set the state back further into the Stone Age. Because we weren't suffering enough.
Here in Virginia, we will get access to marriage when the United States tells Virginia it has to offer it. I think we just recently voted to let women vote. 
You know, because Rhode Island is so small, they only have two... oh nevermind. 
Progress is Victory!
