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Bike Tour for Marriage Equality in Westerly April 28

posted by Tiffany Rauch-Dickson

on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Tuesday, April 28, at the Westerly Town Hall, noon to 1p.m.

Rick Harris will be biking through Rhode Island in support of Marriage Equality.
He will speak with people about marriage equality as a civil right and collect signatures on the Traveling Proclamation for Civil Marriage.

Can you join him in Westerly?

For the past three summers, Rick Harris, Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers - Rhode Island Chapter (NASW - RI), has been bicycling around New England on behalf of Marriage Equality.  He has traveled over 2400 miles, has collected 1445 signatures on a Traveling Proclamation for Civil Marriage, and visited all state houses in New England, as well those in New Jersey and New York.  During these travels he has spoken directly to thousands of individuals about the merits of Civil Marriage as a Civil Right.

Harris will ride to several city halls around Rhode Island to solicit signatures and speak to whomever is willing to take a second to talk. 

Harris states: “The wonderful thing about America is that basic civil rights are guaranteed. Although it may take a long time, these rights can be won in various ways through court actions, legislatively or by executive order. In Rhode Island, we hope to win marriage equality rights through legislative action.  Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa have all gained this basic human right, which ensures that couples who love and respect each other can be married regardless of gender. Rhode Island now recognizes those marriages and it’s just a matter of time before same gender couples will be able to marry in Rhode Island also.  This basic human right will be won community by community, state by state, region by region, until all American loving couples, regardless of where they live, will be free to marry.”

(Rides will be rain or shine safety permitting.)

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