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• Wednesday, May 07

  RI lawmakers and courts still struggle with gay divorce issue

  Source: Associated Press via Boston.com , ABC6 , Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, RI -- The debate over gay marriage -- and gay divorce -- is taking center stage at the Rhode Island State House today as the issue continues a long and tortuous journey through the state's courts. Lawmakers are talking about several proposed changes to state law. They range from a bill that would allow gay couples to marry, to a constitutional amendment that would do just the opposite, defining marriage as between one man and one woman. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday on several... Posted May 07 2008, 01:26 PM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: politics, marriage equality, law, state:RI

• Tuesday, March 18

  Lesbian couple married in Mass. seeks annulment in Missouri

  Source: St. Joseph News-Press , Associated Press via Boston Herald , KY3 TV ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A lesbian’s request for an annulment from her lesbian partner has created a legal quandary for a circuit judge. Missouri doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages from other states. Charisse Sparks and Janet Peters Mauceri Sparks married each other in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year, Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County Circuit Court to dissolve the marriage. The filing is a legal challenge in a state that voted overwhelmingly four years ago to limit marriage... Posted Mar 18 2008, 11:58 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: marriage equality, law, state:MA, state:RI, state:MO

• Thursday, February 14

  Rhode Island bill would allow same-sex divorces, even though marriage not yet possible there

  Source: Providence Journal and Associated Press via Boston.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Majority Leader Gordon Fox says he'll file a bill in the General Assembly that would allow married gay couples to divorce. The state's highest court ruled in a 3-2 decision in December that a lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts could not get divorced in their home state of Rhode Island. Supporters of the bill say it makes no sense to require people to remain married when they have no desire to do so. “I think the divorce [legislation] is a high priority and I’m going to be working with the people... Posted Feb 14 2008, 10:55 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: politics, activism, marriage equality, state:RI

• Friday, December 14

  Gay divorce case refiled in a different Rhode Island court

  Source: Providence Journal and Boston Globe PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Less than a week after the Rhode Island Supreme Court said a same-sex couple could not get divorced in Family Court, one of the Providence women involved in the groundbreaking case filed for divorce yesterday in Superior Court, the main state trial court. The new filing is a tactical move intended to skirt a major roadblock caused by a recent state Supreme Court ruling. Margaret R. Chambers and Cassandra B. Ormiston married in Fall River in May 2004 shortly after Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same... Posted Dec 14 2007, 08:18 PM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: marriage equality, law, state:MA, state:RI

• Friday, December 07

  Rhode Island lesbian couple married in Mass. can't get a divorce in home state

  Source: Providence Journal Providence, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court has ruled that a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts may not divorce in Rhode Island. The court was split, 3-2, on the decision. In the case, the court was asked by the Rhode Island Family Court whether Margaret R. Chambers and Cassandra B. Ormiston, two women who were married in Massachusetts, could divorce in Rhode Island. Chambers and Ormiston married in Fall River in May 2004, shortly after Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Chambers filed for divorce last year in Rhode... Posted Dec 07 2007, 11:53 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: marriage equality, law, state:MA, state:RI

• Wednesday, December 05

  Church leaders back marriage equality in Rhode Island

  Source: Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Religious leaders from several denominations reaffirmed their support for same-gender marriage yesterday and announced an advertising campaign intended to get that word out and to dispel any impression that religion doesn’t support the policy change. “We wanted to make the point that there are religious folks who are in favor of same-gender marriage,” said the Rev. Eugene T. Dyszlewski, pastor of the Riverside Congregational United Church of Christ and chairman of the Rhode Island Religious Coalition for Same-Gender Marriage. “It’s a different kind of pulpit... Posted Dec 05 2007, 07:42 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: religion, activism, marriage equality, state:RI

• Sunday, September 30

  Married gay Rhode Island couples mark anniversary of court decision | Providence Journal

  PROVIDENCE -- Chris Butler and R.J. Rose dated for eight years before tying the knot on April 3. They had a small family wedding at Capron Park in Attleboro. As is the case with many young couples, they are now renting and searching for an affordable... Posted Sep 30 2007, 01:57 PM by RSS Feed from BlinkList.com Filed under: marriage equality, state:RI

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