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...discussion on the issue. And Anglican conservatives feel they have a lot to be upset about. John's appointment follows the election of a homosexual bishop by American Episcopalians in New Hampshire, and the defiance of a Vancouver church that conducted a blessing for a gay couple - despite a ban on such ceremonies that was unanimously reaffirmed by the Anglican leadership just days before. The row over John has meanwhile become so rancorous that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, a liberal on the issue, warned that it was generating "real incomprehension in much of our society, in a way that...
Maher said he hopes the number of cities which have now voted in local smoking bans—including Boston and, shortly after Cambridge’s ban was passed, Somerville—will put pressure on the state legislature to pass a state-wide ban currently under consideration...
Councillor Brian Murphy, another long-time proponent of the ban, said he and Maher—who co-chair the council sub-committee which held hearings about the measure—spent many hours going over the details of the ordinance with opponents and proponents alike...
Both of the councillors who voted against the ban have expressed concerns that Cambridge bars would lose business to establishments in nearby towns that don’t have smoking bans...
Maher said that response to the ban has been overwhelmingly positive, and even some staunch opponents have called him to say they understood where the push for a ban came from...