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- 1 2 "R.I. same-sex marriage debate spans 20 years". The Brown Daily Herald , April 18, 2013.
- ↑ Jason Pierceson, Courts Liberalism And Rights: Gay Law and Politics in the United States and Canada. Temple University Press, 2008. ISBN 9781592134021. p. 151.
- 1 2 3 "Michael Pisaturo, Rhode Island, 1996". outhistory.org.
- ↑ "Openly gay RI state representative to make bid for Congress". Bay Windows , April 1, 1999.
- ↑ "Pisaturo decides against Congress". Bay Windows , August 1999.
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