| 5/11/2009 |
Media Advisory: Same-sex marriage bills to be heard Wednesday
STATE HOUSE – The House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings Wednesday on bills for and against marriage of same-sex couples in Rhode Island.
The meeting is scheduled Wednesday, May 13, at the rise of the House session (around 4:45 p.m.) in Room 313 on the third floor of the State House.
Scheduled for a hearing is a bill (2009-H 5744) sponsored by Rep. Arthur Handy (D-Dist. 18, Cranston) to broaden the definition of persons eligible to marry to include persons of the same gender. It also provides that members of the clergy would not be required to officiate at any particular marriage.
Also scheduled is a bill (2009-H 5068) sponsored by Rep. Jon D. Brien (D-Dist. 50, Woonsocket) to submit to the electors a proposition to amend the state constitution to define marriage as a lawful union between one man and one woman.
For more information, contact:
Meredyth R. Waterman, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2457 |
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