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State Sen. Ciccone introduces legislation to put same-sex marriage issue before voters

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By Randal Edgar

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While same-sex marriage supporters were cheering a vote by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III, D-Providence, was adding his voice to the marriage debate.

Unlike the legislation that's scheduled for a vote by the House Thursday, Ciccone's would not legalize same-sex marriage.

Rather, it would ask voters if they want it to amend the state Constitution so that it defines marriage as "the lawful union of one man and one woman."

The resolution, S 0096, has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee


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