Carcieri said he is not anti-gay, but does not believes this is a "civil rights issue,'' as argued by those urging the legislature here to allow same-sex marriage.
He said he believes children "prosper'' best in homes with a mother and a father. "I am a traditionalist,'' he said, and this is a "definitional issue'' that should be decided by voters, not legislatures or courts, as has happened in other states.
Republican Governor of Rhode Island, Donald Carcieri, as reported by the Providence Journal. He appeared at a press conference where he was joined by his wife, Sue, and a spokesman for the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay group helmed by Maggie Gallager, which is releasing a scare-the-public commercial called ''The Coming Storm.'' Christopher Plante from N.O.M. was questioned aggressively when he also tried to state that gay marriage is an attack on the needs of children.
