Limited Marriage Acceptance

From Yahoo:
"Rhode Island Recognizes Everyone's Same-Sex Marriages But its Own"

You can't marry your same-sex partner in Rhode Island, but as of Monday if you marry him or her in another state, the Ocean State will fully recognize the marriage, "It seems like an odd halfway measure between legalizing gay marriage and banning it, because making people cross the border from the nation's smallest state to tie the knot is really more of a slight inconvenience than anything else. But the gay marriage debate has been pretty divisive in Rhode Island, which enacted a bill legalizing civil unions last July, which Gov. Lincoln Chafee called imperfect but a "step forward," according to The AP via the Boston Herald. Chafee signed an executive order at the Rhode Island Statehouse Monday, recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages. AP explains what that means for same-sex couples whose marriages will now be legitimate."Since same-sex marriage is legal in every state that borders Rhode Island (that'd be Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York via Long Island Sound), and since the state is just about 40 miles long, that means you could simply go across the border and get married on your lunch break if you were so inclined.

^ I hope that this is merely the first step in Rhode Island allowing gays to marry in their state. If it is supposed to be the final law then it seems pretty dumb. Most of the states in the northern part of the US (except Maine and Rhode Island) allow gay marriage and it seems to be gaining more acceptance throughout the rest of the country. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/rhode-island-recognizes-everyones-same-sex-marriages-own-194830432.html