have you ever been to rhode island? let me rephrase that. have you ever been to rhode island in summer? the fancy pants seacoast along newport. lots of ships and a jazz festival and air show, planes and ships. there are kennedys, kennedys and ships. weddings, kennedys and weddings! jack and jackie got married in newport in 1953. more recently the founder of facebook got hitched last summer, no, not mark zuckerberg, one of the other founders you don't actually know even after watching the social network. the state of rhode island markets itself as a destination marriage state that your aunt phyllis doesn't need to schlep all the way to aruba to watch you get married on the ocean, she can go to rhode island on i-95. today, the governor saw to it that marriage includes every one including same sex couples.