Friends & Neighbors

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Marriage Equality Rhode Island believes that individual images and testimonies are some of the strongest tools we have to win equal marriage. MERI Friends & Neighbors is our initiative to collect photos and statements in support of marriage equality from our constituents and allies. This goes beyond a simple petition: we want to show the real people behind our cause, as part of our mission to move the hearts and minds of our elected representatives and fellow citizens alike.
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Tina Cardella
of Foster, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because it is grotesquely unconstitutional to deny any adult of sound mind to enter into a contract. It is not the business nor the authority of the state to make decisions regarding the union of two people in love and the future of their family. I believe we ALL should remain "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"

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.

Charles Feldman
of Providence, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because I believe in equal rights.

Molly Heverling
of Providence, Rhode Island

I believe in Marriage Equality because it is a right for everyone whether or not they want to marry someone of the opposite OR same sex.

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.

Michael McGarty
of Quincy, Massachusetts

As not only a gay man but an American I believe the right to express ones love and devotion to a partner in the form of marriage, as many have done for thousands of years is undeniable and belongs to everyone regardless of something so trivial as gender. Love is Love is Love!
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