{"id":6638,"date":"2013-05-04T07:35:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T11:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2013-05-04T07:42:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T11:42:29","slug":"join-us-sunday-may-5th-2013-celebrating-marriage-equality-in-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2013\/05\/join-us-sunday-may-5th-2013-celebrating-marriage-equality-in-rhode-island.html","title":{"rendered":"Join Us Sunday, May 5th, 2013, Celebrating Marriage Equality in Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>We struggled.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EvxHubd1Pro\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We won.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BIe9uAPNShY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is now time to pause and give thanks\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/05\/Marriage-Equality-Celebration-v4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/05\/Marriage-Equality-Celebration-v4-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Marriage Equality Celebration v4\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-6639\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We struggled. 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