Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order today that recognizes same sex marriages performed in other states. The Governor’s actions gives gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.
Rhode Island’s only two border states, Massachusetts and Connecticut already recognize same sex marriage and since the state is so small it is assumed that many Ocean State residents may cross the border to marry until the time comes that Rhode Island takes that final all important step of not just recognizing but performing same sex marriages. Chafee’s executive order now makes Maine the only state in New England not to either recognize or allow same sex marriages.
BosGuy 
One of the problems with getting an out-of-state marriage (RI resident travels to MA to get married) is the recognition of the same-sex divorce. MA has strict residency requirements for divorce. RI has one of the seminal cases on the failure to recognize out-of-state marriages for an in-state divorce. Issues to consider . . .
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