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Rhode Island’s Governor Carcieri protested by gays for declaring marriage is “not a civil right” [video]

”It is a not civil right. I get aggravated when it is portrayed that way. Marriage is a license by the state. It is about a state’s responsibility, which is the reason why states don’t allow a lot of types of marriages.’

Don Carcieri, Rhode Island’s Governor, speaking at a socially conservative poliltical group that calls itself the Massachusetts Family Institute. (Providence Journal)

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