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Yesterday, seven same-sex couples had their day in court. The couples had been denied marriage licenses and subsequently sued the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to obtain them. A lower court ruled against them, despite the fact that nothing in Massachusetts state law specifically prohibits same-sex marriages. The couples appealed, and now the Supreme Judicial Court will rule on one of the most contentious marital debates of our time. If the Court decides in favor of the plaintiff, Massachusetts could lead the way in finally ending this discriminatory, outdated constraint of limiting state sanctioned marriage exclusively to heterosexual couples...
...Oliver Cromwell effectively began his rule over the Commonwealth of England, religious freedom was codified in Maine and Massachusetts—and John Rogers graduated from Harvard College. Over 300 years later, his direct descendant, Nathaniel F.R. Rogers ’05 has become the most recent in his family’s long line of Harvard attendees. Eleven generations of Rogers descendants have worn crimson, and two of his ancestors served as president of the University: John Rogers (1682-1684) and John Leverett (1662-1724). At 6’2’’ and 155 lbs., Rogers...
...guess is that if he became the head of theDemocratic party in the Commonwealth, it would bean interesting experience for all concerned,because he is a man who certainly does not leadlightly," he said...
Several opponents of the ban have said they would not support a smoking prohibition for Cambridge restaurants unless it were applied across the Commonwealth...
...tackles the budget, it’s unclear whether his style can accommodate a compassionate approach to the funding shortfall. With the details of his proposal issued today, we hope that Romney’s core values are the ones shared by the people of the commonwealth, and that his business background will give him the tools he needs to find creative solutions—not just more of the slash-and-burn cuts we have seen...