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May 7, 2008

Lawmakers to debate gay divorce legislation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers plan to debate two bills that would allow gay couples legally united elsewhere to divorce in Rhode Island courts.

The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hear testimony today on several bills related to gay unions, including a divorce proposal backed by the Democratic majority leader. A vote is not expected.

Lawmakers filed the divorce bill after Rhode Island's Supreme Court ruled in December that a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts cannot divorce in Rhode Island, where they live. Massachusetts is the only state to legalize gay marriage.

One of those women, Cassandra Ormiston, has said she may relocate to Massachusetts for a year so she can file for divorce there.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry  at 7:01 AM | Permalink

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