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16 May 2013
Media Matters: Fox News coverage of equal marriage legalisation in three US states totals only one minute 10 US media watchdog Media Matters reports that Fox News' coverage of same-sex marriage bills passing in the states of Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota clocked in at one minute for all three combined.
11 May 2013
Illinois Governor to the House: ‘It’s time to vote’ on our state’s equal marriage bill 3 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Thursday called for state lawmakers in the House to vote on, and approve a bill to legalise equal marriage, and said they have had enough time to consider the bill given that it passed in the Senate over two months ago.
7 May 2013
US: Delaware Senate to consider equal marriage bill 2 Lawmakers in the US state of Delaware are to take up a bill to legalise equal marriage on Tuesday, which could potentially make the Diamond State the eleventh to allow same-sex marriage.
5 May 2013
Archbishop of San Francisco: Rhode Island’s legalisation of same-sex marriage is an ‘injustice’ 67 The legalisation of same-sex marriage in the state of Rhode Island prompted condemnation from the Archbishop of San Francisco, who called the law an injustice to children.
3 May 2013
Rhode Island becomes the 10th US state to allow equal marriage 14 The US state of Rhode Island on Thursday became the tenth state to allow equal marriage, as its Governor signed the bill into law, after it passed a second vote in the House by a very wide margin.
1 May 2013
Rhode Island: Same-sex marriage bill heading for final vote 12 With a final vote on Thursday, Rhode Island is poised to become the tenth US state to allow same-sex couples to marry
28 April 2013
US: Republican donor group lends financial clout to equal marriage efforts 4 A national group of donors to the US Republican Party is funnelling new money into an effort to lobby Republican lawmakers into voting in favour of legalising equal marriage.
24 April 2013
US: Rhode Island Senate passes equal marriage bill 2 The Senate in the US state of Rhode Island today voted to pass a bill to legalise equal marriage, putting the state in a position to become the tenth to legalise same-sex marriage.
24 April 2013
US: Rhode Island Senate to vote on equal marriage bill 3 The Senate in the US state of Rhode Island is to vote on a bill to legalise equal marriage on Wednesday afternoon.
23 April 2013
Rhode Island: Senate Republicans throw weight behind same-sex marriage bill 6 The five Republicans in the Rhode Island Senate are backing equal marriage as a legislative committee prepares for a pivotal vote on the issue.
7 February 2013
US: Campaigners plan to pump $2 million into efforts to legalise equal marriage 6 In the US, a New York based equal marriage advocacy group has laid out plans to pump funds into several states' legislative battles to legalise equal marriage.
24 January 2013
Rhode Island’s House of Representatives passes same-sex marriage bill 10 Rhode Island's House of Representatives has this evening overwhelmingly passed a same-sex marriage equality bill.
23 January 2013
US: Rhode Island state house committee ‘resoundingly endorses’ equal marriage bill 6 The US state of Rhode Island was one step closer to legalising equal marriage, after its House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill which would make it legal.
16 January 2013
Video: Hundreds protest against Rhode Island hearings on equal marriage 14 As Rhode Island held hearings on whether to legalise equal marriage for same-sex couples, hundreds of demonstrators turned out to protest against the potential change at hearings
15 January 2013
Rhode Island State House prepares for equal marraige vote 2 The diminutive American state of Rhode Island is set to stage a debate on whether to legalise equal marriage for same-sex couples, with a vote to be held by the House of Representatives later this month.
11 January 2013
Anti-gay Rhode Island Catholic bishop criticises governor over equal marriage veto threat 23 The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Diocese says state Governor Lincoln Chafee is wrong to threaten to veto legislation that would put equal marriage to a popular vote.
7 January 2013
Rhode Island Catholic bishop: Same-sex marriage is ‘immoral’ and a threat to ‘religious freedom’ 55 The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Diocese has described same-sex marriage as "immoral and unnecessary."
29 June 2011
Gay campaigners oppose Rhode Island civil unions bill 7 Gay rights campaigners in Rhode Island are urging the state's governor to veto a civil unions bill because they say it contains “dangerous” and “discriminatory” language.
2 June 2011
Rhode Island senate to consider gay civil unions bill 7 A Rhode Island Senate panel are today considering a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to be joined in civil unions.
20 May 2011
Rhode Island House approves civil unions 17 The Rhode Island House approved a civil unions bill yesterday.

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