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Hundreds turn out at Rhode Island State House for hearing on same-sex marriage bills

By ADF Alliance Alert

Providence Journal: A number of opponents also focused on the bill?s proposed protections for religious institutions. Anthony R. Picarello Jr., general counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, argued that no exemption language could possibly cover all the potential religious-freedom conflicts that a gay marriage law would create. ?At best, the legislature would be playing catch up for years, passing new area-specific exemptions to address these new conflicts as each one arises,? he said in written testimony. Jordan Lorence, senior counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, suggested that Perry?s bill did not take into consideration the impacts on small businesses, professionals, private organizations that receive state funding, and even public school education.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).