The Republican governor of Rhode Island, Don Carcieri, has vetoed a bill that would allow domestic partners to make funeral and burial plans for their partners, stating that the bill represents “incremental erosion of the principles surrounding traditional marriage.”
Say what?
The bill that Carcieri vetoed has nothing — nothing — to do with marriage of any kind. Heterosexual marriage is the only kind of marriage allowed in Rhode Island, so Carcieri’s reason makes exactly zero sense.
Because Carcieri cannot articulate a logical reason for vetoing this bill, I can only conclude that it’s a senseless reaction based on irrational fear of homosexuals.
It’s also heartless. The bill that Carcieri vetoed “was an outgrowth of the wrenching tale that Mark S. Goldberg told lawmakers about his months-long battle last fall to persuade state authorities to release to him the body of his partner of 17 years, Ron Hanby, for cremation,” according to the Providence Journal. [emphasis mine]
Can someone please tell me what’s so freakin’ scary about homosexuals? Please?
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