Catholic Church’s Influence On Gay Marriage Waning

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. He defeated the Roman Catholic Church just last month.

The openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation’s most Catholic region. And, in early May, Rhode Island became the sixth and final New England state to allow gay couples to marry when its Democratic-dominated Legislature, led by an openly gay House speaker, reversed course after years of the Catholic Church successfully lobbying lawmakers to resist legalization.

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