By Katherine Gregg
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Rep. Frank Ferri and Tony Caparco were married in Canada years ago.
But they want to marry in their home state on Aug. 1, on the first day same-sex marriage is allowed in Rhode Island. And they want House Speaker Gordon D. Fox to perform the ceremony.
A bill to allow Fox to officiate was introduced in the House this week by Representatives Arthur Handy, Edith Ajello, Maria Cimini, Mia Ackerman and Teresa Tanzi. Handy was the lead sponsor of the same-sex marriage legislation that passed earlier in this session.