Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco on Friday lashed out at the state of Rhode Island over a newly signed law that allows same-sex couples to legally marry. Cordileone, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of…
Rhode Island bishops warns against attending same-sex wedding ceremonies
Bishop of Providence Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic leader of Rhode Island, on Thursday warned Catholics that God looked unfavorably upon those who attended same-sex weddings. In a letter published as Rhode Island was poised to become the tenth state to embrace marriage equality, Tobin wrote that…
Brian Brown: Same sex marriage worse than death or divorce
Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, on Wednesday compared same-sex marriage to the death of a parent. In a prepared statement, Brown lashed out at the Rhode Island legislature for approving a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry. “For the first…
Rhode Island on the verge of legalizing same-sex marriage
Rhode Island is virtually assured to become the tenth state to legalize same-sex marriage. The Rhode Island Senate voted 26-12 on Wednesday to approve legislation that would allow same-sex couples to legally marry in the state as early as August 1. “This is a historic piece of legislation,…
Katherine Tsarnaeva, the Boston bombing suspect’s wife
Who is Katherine Tsarnaeva?That’s one of the central questions in the ongoing investigation of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Ms. Tsarnaeva was the wife of the late Tamerlan Tsarnaev and sister-in-law to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the respective suspects 1 and 2 in the case.But unlike the Tsarnaev brothers, she is a New England native and a convert to Islam, and by all appearances a devout one; she has recently been photographed leaving her parents’ Rhode Island home in the traditional hijab.According to her attorneys, Tsarnaeva is fully cooperating with the investigation into the incidents in Boston; she had been the subject of federal scrutiny once authorities became aware Tamerlan Tsarnaev was married.Continue Reading… … Read More
Covered at Reason 24/7: ACLU Strategist Praises Rhode Island Domestic Drone Bill
Allie Bohm of
the ACLU has praised the domestic drone bill being considered by
legislators in Rhode Island. The bill requires public
accountability for the use of drones by law enforcement officials,
that UAVs not be equipped with weapons, and a ban on data
retention. ;
From
The Atlantic:
As anxiety about domestic drone use continues to mount, at least
30 states are weighing new laws that would regulate them. A Rhode
Island proposal is among the best, ;according
to Allie Bohm ;at the ACLU. Unlike her, I haven’t read
every bill introduced by a state legislature. But I have read the
bill The Ocean State is mulling, and many of its provisions
desserve wider attention. I’d be thrilled if something with this
many civil liberties protections was actually passed and
enforced.
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Watch an awesome sixth-grader testify for marriage equality
Last night, twelve year-old Matthew Lannon delivered an impassioned testimony before Rhode Island’s Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of marriage equality. The sixth-grader from Providence, who has two moms and two dads, ended his statement by saying that “if there’s one thing you don’t mess with in life, it’s love”:My parents and all the other gay and lesbian people here want to be happy, just like you. All they want is to be treated fairly. But unlike most of you, they have to come again here year after year and explain over and over why their love is equal to yours. This year, you have the opportunity to change that. I say, choose love. Lannon’s mother Maryellen Butke says the 12 year old wrote his speech the night before the 12-hour hearing, which lasted until 5 a.m. Friday:Continue Reading… … Read More
