Rhode Island Lesbians Fight for Massachusetts Wedding

Rhode Island residents Wendy Becker and Mary Norton have been together for 18 years and have 2 children together. Yesterday, they fought for their right to marry in the state of Massachusetts. MA law allows same-sex marriage, but dissalows marrying couples who reside in states where it would be forbidden.

Becker and Norton's lawyer, Michele Granda, claims that the RI law does not specifically outlaw same-sex marriage. The attourney general pointed out that the RI law indicates marriage as a union of a "male party" and a "female party".

Read the full article from The Boston Globe.