This past March, we started a campaign to ask the candidates for Attorney General in Rhode Island whether, if elected, he or she would defend all citizens and families of Rhode Island, including the married same-sex couples there, and legally join the fight against Section 3 of DOMA, which denies all 1,138 federal marriage benefits [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: AG, Attorney General, Chris Little, Christopher Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Joe Fernandez, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island, Robert Rainville
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- June 24, 2010 – 10:35 am
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- By defendthelaw
Recently, a campaign was started to ask the candidates for Attorney General in Rhode Island, if elected, would he or she defend all citizens and families of Rhode Island, including the married same-sex couples there, and legally join the fight against Section 3 of DOMA, which denies all 1,138 federal marriage benefits to married same-sex [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: 2010 Attorney General, Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
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- March 29, 2010 – 6:15 pm
- Author:
- By defendthelaw
Recently, a campaign was started to ask the candidates for Attorney General in Rhode Island, if elected, would he or she defend all citizens and families of Rhode Island, including the married same-sex couples there, and legally join the fight against Section 3 of DOMA, which denies all 1,138 federal marriage benefits to married same-sex [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: Attorney General, Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
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- March 22, 2010 – 4:06 pm
- Author:
- By defendthelaw
Massachusetts became the 1st state to sue the U.S. government on July 8, 2009 over Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies married same-sex couples all 1,138 federal marriage benefits. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley contends in the lawsuit that DOMA “constitutes an overreaching and discriminatory federal law.” You can [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island Attorney General, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
- Published:
- March 18, 2010 – 4:41 pm
- Author:
- By defendthelaw