Marriage Equality Rhode Island

Celia Cackowski
of Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Karen Izzo
of Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Donna LaRocque
of Somerset, Massachusetts

I believe in Marriage Equality because my wife and I have been together for 23 yrs, and at the urging of our adopted son, married for the past 5 yrs. (Thanks to the state of MA) Everyone deserves the right to be loved, celebrate that love and be recognized as a family! As many opponents in MA have now learned after thousands of their gay and lesbian neighbors have been married, the world did not end! We continue to live happy and peaceful lives with our families - every American citizen deserves to enjoy this same basic human right.

Donna Doyle
of South Kingstown, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe in the institution of marriage and the commitment it confers and I don't think heterosexuals have a monopoly on that. I have been married for almost 18 years and have two children whom I want to raise in a State that respects all individuals and affords rights and priviledges equally. Committing to someone completely, with all your heart is a beautiful thing. We should be supportive and encouraging of any two people who love one another and want to enter into a legal monogamous and sacred relationship, no matter what our background, religious beliefs or or sexual preferences are. Being gay doesn't make someone less of a neighbor, or parent, or partner,. We should validate the legitimacy of their committed relationships. This will only prove to strengthen the institution of marriage; not degrade it. I support Marriage Equity as a citizen, a neighbor, as a friend, as a wife, and as a mother. As with all prejudices,shining the light on ignorance is overdue.

Barbara Margolis
of Wakefield, Rhode Island

Kelly Shinners
of Warwick, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe equal marriage is a civil right for everyone.

Matthew St Germain-Donnelly
of Warwick, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because without it we don't exist as "legitimate couples" in the eyes of the government in and many peoples "minds". Our children are marginalized and we are not represented honestly...

Kimberly Cagno
of west warwcik, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because everyone deserves to have a family and everyone's definition of that is different. My family has nothing to do w/ blood, it is my friends that i hold dear to me, my wife and kids. and I work and go to school fulltime so i should have the same legal marriage rites as anyone else.

Timothy Fitzgerald
of Woonsocket, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I want my partner and I to have to rights that every non-gay person has to declare a union recognized by the state. We want to be married and are waiting for the state to realize there is a difference between church and state.

Jeffrey Stotsky
of Forest Hills, New York

I believe in Marriage Equality because my partner and I will be married for one year come April. Our marriage is fully recognized by our home state of New York, but we had to leave the country in order to get married. We look forward to the day when marriage amendments across the nation are deemed unconstitutional under Federal law.