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02-11-2010, 10:06 PM #1
Rhode Island gets its first black, gay House speaker
Feb 11, 2010
Rhode Island gets its first black, gay House speaker
07:11 PM
By Steven Senne, AP
Rhode Island lawmakers have elected the state's first black and first openly gay House speaker.
Rep. Gordon Fox, a 48-year-old lawyer representing Providence, succeeds fellow Democrat William Murphy, who announced in September he would not seek re-election.
He said in an interview with TheProvidence Journal that he is "in a long-term relationship, but not officially married. ... When I get married, I would like to do it in my home state."
Rhode Island is the only New England state that has not made same-sex marriage legal. Will he try to change that?
Fox said he was reluctant to make a hard-and-fast commitment to bring the issue to the House floor for a vote after Murphy leaves, without "a lot of internal discussions." But, "we should have equal marriage rights in Rhode Island. ... That would definitely be something on a personal level I would like to see."
Fox is biracial — his father is Irish, his mother Cape Verdean — but, like President Obama, he considers himself black. He does so, the ProJo writes, because he hopes his achievements will serve as a role model for black youngsters, to send them a message: "If I can do it, you can do it also."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... -speaker/1NO AMNESTY
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