http://www.mail.com/people/188594-gordon-d-fox.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/188594-gordon-d-fox.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060214-ri-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state. Gays, lesbians, their friends and families erupted into cheers Thursday following a final 56-15 vote in the Rhode Island House, and then again an hour later ... Fri, 03 May 2013 10:57:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2060214-ri-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-03T10:57:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059588-rhode-island-10th-with-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends. Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law on the Statehous... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:15:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059588-rhode-island-10th-with-gay-marriage.html 2013-05-03T00:15:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043480-coordinated-strategy-propelled-gay-marriage-ri.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Phone banks, an army of volunteers and alliances with organized labor, business leaders and religious clergy propelled gay marriage to victory in Rhode Island this week, a savvy and coordinated strategy that relied on growing public support and old-fashioned bare-knuckle politics. Gay marriage legislation had failed every year in R... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043480-coordinated-strategy-propelled-gay-marriage-ri.html 2013-04-25T20:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040904-ri-way-to-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on Wednesday. The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12 margin, following a House vote of approval in January. The bill must now return to the House for a largely procedu... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:42:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040904-ri-way-to-10th-to-allow-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-24T23:42:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040256-ri-senate-leader-plays-key-role-marriage-debate.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — If Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, it will be because a formidable opponent, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, moved out of the way. The state's first female Senate leader, Paiva Weed has long been the most visible obstacle to gay marriage in Rhode Island. Those behind an agg... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:49:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040256-ri-senate-leader-plays-key-role-marriage-debate.html 2013-04-24T06:49:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038364-ri-senate-to-vote-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate is poised to hold a landmark vote Wednesday on gay marriage legislation, the culmination of years of efforts by supporters who want to see the state join the rest of New England in allowing gays and lesbians to wed. Advocates are optimistic the bill will pass when the Senate takes it up Wednesday afternoon. ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:00:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038364-ri-senate-to-vote-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-23T22:00:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845094-religious-exemptions-key-to-ri-gay-marriage-debate.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The fate of gay marriage legislation in Rhode Island could hinge on the exemptions it affords religious groups that oppose it, the state Senate president said Friday, a day after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill. Teresa Paiva Weed said she remains opposed to the bill and has heard that the sticking point for many senators i... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845094-religious-exemptions-key-to-ri-gay-marriage-debate.html 2013-01-25T17:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842314-rhode-island-house-easily-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow gays and lesbians to marry in the only New England state where they can't. The House voted 51-19 after an often emotional debate that touched on civil rights, religion and the nature of marriage. The bill now moves to the Senate, where ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1842314-rhode-island-house-easily-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html 2013-01-24T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make the nation's smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed — and the last to do so in New England. House Speaker Gordon Fox, who is gay, has called for a vote on same-sex marriage legisl... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821256-smallest-big-battleground-gay-marriage.html 2013-01-16T01:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743730-unions-ri-governors-call-pension-talks.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public-sector unions on Tuesday hailed Gov. Lincoln Chafee's call for negotiations to settle a closely watched lawsuit over Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul, but its main architect, the state treasurer, insists the dispute should be left to the courts. J. Michael Downey, president of Rhode Island Council 94, said there's st... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1743730-unions-ri-governors-call-pension-talks.html 2012-12-05T01:59:00Z