Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri told a group of gay activists Thursday he would be open to consider a gay-inclusive domestic partnership law, the Providence Journal reported.

“Maybe it’s something we should consider,” Carcieri said.

“I don’t know enough, yet. All I am saying is I understand the circumstances. I understand the difficulties,” he added.

The meeting with gay rights group Queer Action Rhode Island came two days after the governor vetoed a bill that would have given gay couples the same rights to plan the funerals of their late partners as married couples.

Carcieri, a Republican, said he rejected the legislation because it would erode heterosexual marriage.

“If the General Assembly believes it would like to address the issue of domestic partnership, it should place the issue on the ballot and let the people of the State of Rhode Island decide,” the governor said in a letter to lawmakers.

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