The Rhode Island House has just voted to approve marriage equality! 

Details after the jump!

...and why he'll feel great about it. 

In a piece penned for the New York Times, Gov. Chafee shares his joy of being able to sign marriage equality into law. 

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It appears not everyone was as thrilled as we were with Rhode Island's passage of marriage equality on Wednesday.

NOM's Brian Brown shockingly (read: not shockingly) chose to rain on our parade, but if it's possible, he may have been even more mean spirited than usual. 

See what he had to say after the jump. 

The Rhode Island Senate has officially passed marriage equality legislation following the state House's passing of the bill in January!

More after the jump!

The race to become the 10th U.S. state/jurisdiction to provide marriage equality heats up as marriage equality moves out of a Rhode Island Senate Committee. 

The wastebasket near our laptop desk is starting to resemble how it looked in college (full of used tissues) after all these tear-jerking videos we're coming across today. The latest comes courtesy of 12-year old Matthew Lannon, who testified on behalf of his two moms in the Rhode Island marriage equality committee hearing yesterday (that lasted until 5 a.m.).

Check out what the sixth-grader has to say after the break!

Evan Woflson's wonderful Freedom to Marry has pledged $2 million dollars to states fighting for same-sex marriage in 2013. It all kicks off with a $800,000 donation to six states. 

Marriage equality has crossed over the first hurdle in Rhode Island! 

The state's house judiciary committee passed same-sex marriage legislation today, sending the bill to the full House of Reprentatives. 

More after the jump.

There will likely be big news out of Rhode Island later today as its House Committee is set to vote on marriage equality momentarily. 

We had hoped NOM's promotion of Matt Barber's call for the death of gays was the lowest it could go in its campaign against Rhode Island marriage equality. But it gets worse. 

Following impassioned testimonials on Tuesday night, Rhode Island's House Committee has agreed to vote on marriage equality Tuesday, January 22. Details follow.