Rhode Island voters, just as in Maryland, will not know which of their legislators support marriage and equality and which do not. Furthermore, Speaker Fox is being less than truthful when he argues that DOMA means that a civil unions bill will be equivalent to a marriage equality bill. Let's not even consider the reasoning put forth in Judge Vaughn Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (the Proposition 8 trial) destroying the notion that a civil union is constitutionally equivalent to a marriage. The truth is that should DOMA be repealed, same-sex couples who are married will be entitled to those federal benefits he speaks of, while those who are entered into civil unions will not (at least until Congress says they are). Fox is obviously making the best he can of a shit sandwich. Still, he could at least be honest with his colleagues and his constituents.