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Foes of Marriage Equality Fear God, Communists

Foes of Marriage Equality Fear God, Communists

By Bob Plain on May 3, 2012

It’s both sad and bizarre the logic used by the religious right to argue against marriage equality. Even more sad and bizarre, of course, is that Rhode island legislators aren’t brave enough to flout the ridiculous arguments proffered by the opposition and grant same sex couples the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts. Consider why [...]

Posted in Civil Rights / Liberties, Featured, LGBT, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged chris young, jay stirnemann, Marriage Equality, MERI, Rhode Island, state house | 2 Responses

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  • Johnnie: The Deborah Gist ship is taking on water and is listing, it looks like it might go down as the rats are...
  • jeananng: Thanks, Bob. And, thanks to you, Tom Sgorous, PSU, Bob Houghtaling, Steve Brown, Joanne Quinn, Rick...
  • John McGrath: You have it all wrong. The sponsors of this bill believe in radical equality – the cherry picking...
  • joann fonseca: Johnnie, you are on target.. You just forgot to mention the fact that the gang of eight’s...
  • cailin rua: I think the problem is a little more subtle than what the 1% is able to finagle and impose.  They have...

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