You can't marry your same-sex partner in Rhode Island, but as of Monday if you marry him or her in another state, the Ocean State will fully recognize the marriage.
It seemed in the heady aftermath of Tuesday's ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that a Supreme Court case on Proposition 8 was inevitable, but a few news reports have since pointed out that the Supreme Court might decline to hear the appeal on California's law banning gay marriage.
A patron says her marriage equality shirt was deemed offensive by Dollywood staff
"It's like the president's not our boyfriend anymore"
Lawyers argue that Judge Walker's sexuality represents a conflict of interest
The state is struggling with defining the same-sex marriages they don't want to allow
The fourth poll in the last year confirms a trend of increasing support
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