Marriage Equality Rhode Island

Todd Giroux
of Bristol, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because Those groups that incite the population to deny equality in marriage rights stand behind statistics that speak to a society that an adult in marriage is more prosperous, mentally healthy and able to provide healthy home environments for children speak for solutions yet participate in hate and go to great lengths to ensure the continued turmoil and unrest in gay populations. The success in Marriage Equality to be measured into the future is the same for every population that has endured painful societal stigma and rights suppression.

Trevor & Craig Clark
of Chepachet, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because my husband and I where married in April 2009 in Putnam, CT and would love to have the state of RI recognize our relationship in our own state.

Melissa & Kim Provost
of Cranston, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because as a member of the LGBT community, I want to be able to spend my life with my partner as my wife, not a "significant other." I want to be able to put a ring on her finger and call her my wife and have the state I live in recognize us as a legally married couple.

Tracie & Dianne Russell
of Cumberland, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because... We were married in P-Town in 2005 (together for over 20 years). We believe that we should be able to love and marry our life partners whether male or female, we should be equal as we treat everyone else equal, we should have the same respect. We want the same rights as others whom are married. Although we were married in MA, RI doesn't recognize it and it is just not fair.

Kristy & Cheri Almeida-Neveu
of East Providence, Rhode Island

We believe in Marriage Equality because love knows no boundaries, and all people deserve respect. This country was founded on freedom and therefore, everyone should have the freedom to define their own relationships, and be with the person they love. (Married on October 25, 2009 in Salem, MA)

Olga C. Glomba
of East Providence, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because even though I'm not lesbian myself, I have too many friends who are in great relationships, and it's ridiculous that because of their gender they can't get married, and therefore are devoid of the right to even the smallest of benefits state-recognized unions receive..! Even though I'm not even out of high school, I can see clearly the problem here is prejudice and people with eyes shut and ears covered...

Tabitha Godlewski
of Groton, Connecticut

I believe in Marriage Equality because we are all human beings and everyone deserves to love whomever they want. It's not our place to judge each other. As Salt N Peppa put it, there's only one true judge and that's God, so chill and let our father do his job. hehe

Marisa O'Gara
of Kingston, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe in legislating based upon the principles of the Constitution rather than the Bible. I also believe that the most fundamental human desire is to love and be loved, and marriage is the legal recognition and celebration of that love. To be denied the ability to participate in something that serves as a method of recognition of something so genuine and so precious is both saddening and morally unsound. Beyond that, who we love is not a choice that we make. There's no reason to discriminate against any human being, especially in reference to something that was not chosen. Life is too difficult and too short to be laced with hatred.

Matthew Nunes
of Lincoln, Rhode Island

I believe in marriage equality in the same way that I believe in racial equality; nothing about being gay or bisexual or transgendered makes a person innately different, and even if it did, discrimination on those bases is morally and ethically wrong. And to those who decry homosexuality as an "abomination under God" - just as I won't tell you which version of the Bible to read, or which religion or church to belong to, don't tell us how to lead our lives. We're not forcing our homosexuality on you. We're not even forcing you to like it. We do, however, demand your respect as fellow human beings, and we won't stop until we get it.

Michael Airhart
of Providence, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe in freedom of religion. In a nation that values religious freedom, no religious group should possess the power to define and limit civil and social institutions for persons who are affiliated with other religious groups, or who are not religiously affiliated. A society that truly values religious freedom must protect itself from attempts by religious interest groups to increase their own power and privilege at the expense of religious freedom and equal opportunity for all.