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Former Rhode Island House speaker gets 3 years for corruption
The 53-year-old Democrat became the nation’s first openly gay House speaker in 2010. He represented Providence for 11 terms in the state House.
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Ex-Rhode Island House speaker pleads guilty to federal charges
Gordon Fox, who in 2010 became the state’s first openly gay speaker, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return.
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R.I. speaker Gordon Fox to step down after FBI raids
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, who became the nation’s first openly gay House speaker in 2010 is resigning from his leadership post and will not run for re-election, he said Saturday, a day after federal and state authorities raided his Statehouse office and home as part of a criminal investigation that they would not detail.
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Rhode Island Senate leader: Religious exemptions key to marriage debate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The fate of marriage equality legislation in Rhode Island could hinge on the exemptions it affords religious groups that oppose it, the state Senate president said Friday, just one day after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill.
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Rhode Island state House expected to vote on same-sex marriage Thursday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island House is poised to debate and vote on legislation that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry — the first time the issue has gone to a legislative vote in the only New England state without same-sex marriage.
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Marriage equality bill approved in committee, heads to vote in RI House
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Legislation to allow gay marriage in Rhode Island is headed for a vote in the state House of Representatives after being unanimously endorsed Tuesday by a legislative committee.
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Rhode Island House committee expected to vote on same-sex marriage today
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Rhode Island is headed to its first test in the General Assembly today, as the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill.
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Smallest state is big battleground on same-sex marriage
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.
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Rhode Island House Speaker to call for early vote on marriage equality
The Rhode Island General Assembly kicks off its 2013 session Tuesday, and the first big debate of the year is likely to center on same-sex marriage.
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Rhode Island legislature likely to consider same-sex marriage bill in 2013
Rhode Island state Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed (D-Democrat) said Monday that, despite her opposition to same-sex marriage, she expects the issue will be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the upcoming legislative session if the House advances a bill.