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...Senator proposed the discharge because he was concerned the bill would not pass committee before the 1987 legislative deadline because of "frivolous" attempts to stall it, Rust said, referring to more than 50 proposed amendments and the 12 approved amendments to the bill...
...bill can be reviewed in committee for up to 45 days, and in this case, the Gay Rights Bill could remain in committee beyond January 5, 1988--the deadline for all 1987 legislation. If it is not sent out of committee before this date, the bill will automatically be removed from further consideration...
Rust said Bolling also proposed the measure because State Sen. Arthur J. Lewis (D-Boston), chairman of the Third Reading Committee, is the leading Senate opponent of the bill, and has publicly said he will keep the bill in his committee for the entire 45-day period to prevent its passage...
...Lewis' Legislative Aide, Thomas P. Lewis, said the senator opposes the bill because "he does not believe that [homosexuals] should come under the civil rights act because he disagrees with their argument that they are a 'separate class' of people because of their sexual preference...
...committee, designed to review the bill for typographical and legal errors, includes two other members, State Sen. Robert C. Buell (R-Boxford) and State Sen. Anna P. Buckley (D-Brockton), both opponents of the Gay Rights proposal...