Marriage Equality Rhode Island

Ryan Nix
of Augusta, Maine

I believe in Marriage Equality because i believe in fairness and equality for all and it's not equal if it's sometimes and i have been working close with No on 1 in Maine

amy goulet
of glendale, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because it is a human right.

David Tomlinson
of Hayward, California

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe everyone deserves to be treated fairly and with equality. Thomas Jefferson's words that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights set a standard for our country that demands to be upheld.

David Oliver
of Medford, Massachusetts

I believe in Marriage Equality because gays can love and raise families just as well as heterosexuals.

Michael D. Casieri
of Newport, Rhode Island

Kristen Spencer
of Portsmouth, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because everyone has the right to be happy and be committed to the one they love.

Maya Lincoln
of Providence, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I want me and my glbt friends to be married and have the same love and equality as everyone else.

Holly Bezak
of Wakefield, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because denying anyone the right to marry is denying their status as a United States citizen as well as a human being.

Becky Brewster
of Barrington, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because my partner and I have been together for five years, we own a home together in Barrington and our lives are much the same as our heterosexual coupled neighbors. Yet we don't have the same rights as they do. We're tired of feeling like second class citizens. It's a matter of civil rights. The inequality created by denying gay couples marriage rights must end in our state and eventually on the federal level. RI is a great place to be gay. We've always been out to our friends, family, and neighbors. So why not marriage for us? It's shameful that we're not there yet.

Gina Furtado
of Bradford, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because love cannot be controlled by the government. If two people of the same sex wish to make a legally binding commitment to each other to be monogamous, they should be allowed to. The refusal to recognize a marriage in any form is unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in Loving v. Virginia that bans against interracial marriage violated the Constitution. The same can be said for bans against same-sex marriage. I hope that one day, my homosexual friends and family members will be allowed to marry their partners in Rhode Island and across the United States.