Holy arbitrary geographical regions, Batman! This more than makes up for the fact that spring is only two weeks long here! I’ve never been prouder to be from New England, but Rhode Island, aren’t you supposed to be the bluest state in the country? Catch up, already!

It’s a given that the libertarian paradise of NH will pass such a bill. Not sure about RI, though.

All this means now is that I’ll never be able to afford vacation property in Maine.

Freepers (predictably) going nuts:

Rhode Island, aren’t you supposed to be the bluest state in the country? Catch up, already!

I thought Prop 8 was only a temporary setback and that eventually everything would turn around, but I never expected the floodgates to open like this.

Same here. Seems like Prop 8 (and FL’s similar troglodyte ballot measure) had the opposite of the intended effect, at least as far as the rest of the country goes. Huzzah New England!

P-town is waiting for you, Rhode Island.

Nice!  I have heard some rumblings about getting a repeal of the state constitutional ban on the next ballot here.  Unfortunately it’s probably going to be a hard sell because, despite being somewhat blue now, this state has still got a lot of cowboy types and religious fundies.  Not to mention everything east of Denver is essentially Kansas.  But Iowa was a total surprise to me so it could happen here too!

Good grief, I can’t even keep up any more. I wonder what NOM’s reply will be? Besides hilarously incoherent I mean.

Cianci’s crew were spreading rumors that his closest competitor Andrew Annaldo was gay […] and Cianci won in a squeaker

And to think of all those men who happily swallowed Buddy’s own marinara sauce over the years. Oh, the humanity.

No love for DC, Kevin? We couldn’t legalize gay marriage, but we’re close to recognizing gay marriages performed in other states. It’s not perfect, but it’s something.

Rhode Island’s major voting bloc is Democrat-leaning Catholic Italians.  Emphasis on the “Catholic” part—don’t expect them to legalize gay marriage anytime soon.  They might be the only “blue” state to have had a Republican governor in office for nearly the past two decades.

About Budd-i, Kevin, what’s even more improbable is that after he got out of jail, Providence voters reelected him.  Then he went to jail again—though this time it was for more mundane charges of bribery and kickbacks, as opposed to striking your wife’s lover in the face with a log you just pulled out of the fireplace.  Buddy would be reelected again if he ran—he’s got a popular AM radio talk show now, as well as an editorial spot on a local TV news station.

Still on the topic of Budd-i, on his talk show he refers to Providence’s new mayor—who is gay, Italian, and Jewish—as “Chi Chi”.  If that’s not telling to what Rhode Island’s attitude towards gay marriage is, I don’t know what is.