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Officials: R.I. Can Grant Gay Divorce

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  • 08-08-2007 11:13 AM

    Officials: R.I. Can Grant Gay Divorce

    By Edward Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal Staff Writer

    PROVIDENCE — A state court can grant two Providence women a divorce without answering the highly charged question of whether a same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts should be recognized in Rhode Island, Governor Carcieri and Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch agreed in legal briefs filed with the state Supreme Court yesterday.

    But Carcieri and Lynch differed sharply over what the outcome of the case should be if the high court does take up the larger issue.

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