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Old 12-09-2007, 06:40 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by forester814 View Post
Actually, that's not true. The RI Attorney General was pretty clear about opening the FRONT door not too long ago. The marriage does have legal standing in RI.

Courts | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal

"Thursday, February 22, 2007
PROVIDENCE — In a legal opinion issued yesterday, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said the state will recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in Massachusetts — making Rhode Island the first state to take that step."

So we have a weird legal situation here, RI honoring MA marriages, but NOT honoring divorces to those marriages.
There is NOTHING common sensical about this situation.
But did the legislature actually move forward? Their Attorney General had been making that statement for years. I haven't seen any official notice that the state DID recognize the marriages. It seems by the Supreme Court's decision that they didn't.
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