Gov.-Elect Lincoln Chafee Declines Anti-Gay Marriage NOM's Plea | On Top Magazine :: Gay & Lesbian News, Entertainment, Commentary & Travel

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Rhode Island Governor-elect Lincoln Chafee has declined an anti-gay marriage group's plea to consider putting gay marriage up for a vote, the Providence Journal reported.

Christopher Planet, director of the Rhode Island chapter of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), told the paper that a meeting with Chafee aide Michael Trainor gave him the impression that the incoming administration was open to talking with opponents of gay marriage and was shocked when he received a letter nixing the idea.Gov.-Elect Lincoln Chafee Declines Anti-Gay Marriage NOM's Plea | On Top Magazine :: Gay & Lesbian News, Entertainment, Commentary & Travel

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Indiana:  Billy Lucas, age 15 ;  Sep. 9, 2010Wisconsin:  Cody J. Parker,  age 17;  Sep. 13,  2010California:  Seth Walsh,  age 13;  Sep. 19,  2010New Jersey:  Tyler Clementi,  age 18;  Sep. 22,  2010Texas:  Asher Brown, age 13;  Sep. 23, 2010Colorado:  Harrison Chase Brown,  age 15;  Sep. 25,  2010Rhode Island:  Raymond Chase,  age 19;  Sep. 29,  2010Massachusetts:  Felix Sacco,  age 17;  Sep. 29,  2010Indiana:  Caleb Nolt,  age 14:  Sep. 30,  2010

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