Rhode island overide gay funeral

Rhode Island lawmakers handily overrode Governor Donald Carcieri's heartless veto of legislation granting funeral decision-making rights to domestic partners. They refused. Said Carcieri at the time of his veto : "This bill represents a disturbing trend over the past few years of the incremental erosion of the principles surrounding traditional marriage, which is not the preferred way to approach this issue. If the General Assembly believes it would like to address the issue of domestic partnerships, it should place the issue on the ballot and let the people of the state of Rhode Island decide.

Don Carcieri vetoed legislation Tuesday that would give same-sex couples in Rhode Island the same right to plan the funerals of their late partners as married couples. The socially conservative Republican said the proposed protection represents a "disturbing trend" of the incremental erosion of heterosexual marriage. Rhode Island does not recognize same-sex marriage. Democrats hold a veto-proof majority in the Legislature and frequently override Carcieri's objections. Rhoda Perry and Rep. David Segal, the bill sponsors, said they would seek to override the veto.

On their first day back at work, Rhode Island lawmakers Tuesday wasted no time in overriding 15 vetos by Republican Governor Don Carcieri, including the bill to grant funeral decision-making rights to same-sex couples. At the time, Sen. Rhoda Perry and Rep.

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