With Gov. Lincoln Chafee signing the bill into law, Rhode Island became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed

By Edith Honan (Reuters) - Rhode Island lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, making it the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the last of the six New England states to do so. Governor Lincoln Chafee, an independent, signed the bill into law almost immediately after the vote ...

This afternoon, the Rhode Island House is completing the final pro forma vote on marriage equality, with Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) planning to sign the bill at 5:45 PM. With this conclusion inevitable, Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin has offered guidance to Rhode Island Catholics about what the advent of marriage equality portends. In his pastoral [...]