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RI Gov Incites Gay Anger Again

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Rhode Island's Republican governor Don Carcieri spoke to the Massachusetts Family Institute on Thursday night to promote "traditional marriage," prompting anger from Rhode Island gays fighting for marriage equality.

Carcieri's meeting with the MFI, a group opposed not only to same-sex marriage but to civil unions and domestic partnerships as well, took place at a hotel in a Boston suburb and was closed to the public. A small contingent of gay protesters from the group Queer Action Rhode Island showed up outside the hotel to voice dissent at the governor's actions.

"[MFI] really has a lot of really antigay views, just in terms of gay people even living as gay people," Susan Heroux of Queer Action Rhode Island told Rhode Island's ABC6.

Members of Queer Action Rhode Island asked Carcieri if he would meet with them, and the governor agreed -- a meeting is planned for next month. Carcieri, who has been outspoken in his opposition to same-sex marriage, governs the only New England state that has not yet adopted a marriage equality law.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.