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Hundreds protest funeral bill veto

Protestors gathered on the steps of the statehouse

Updated: Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 3:41 AM EST
Published : Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 3:37 AM EST

By Jeremy Brown

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - More than 100 people held an unusual demonstration on the steps of the statehouse Thursday night.

The demonstrators were protesting Governor Don Carcieri's veto of a bill giving funeral planning rights to same sex couples.

The governor says he vetoed the bill because it erodes away at heterosexual marriage.

But the protestors say they will keep the pressure on Rhode Island lawmakers to override that veto.

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