Word: gays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three amendments tacked on to this year's bill by the Senate grant religious exemptions, ban gay marriages and state that the Commonwealth does not endorse homosexuality...
...Massachusetts House of Representatives last night put its final stamp of approval on the Gay Rights Bill, clearing its last major obstacle on the path to becoming...
...This was it. This was the last hurdle," said David LaFontaine, lobbying director for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights. "Today was [the opposition's] last chance, and we decisively defeated them...
...knew we had the votes to win, but the question was `will everyone stay?'" said Arline Isaacson, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Caucus...
Legislators and gay rights lobbyists decided to accept the altered version instead of trying to remove the amendments in a conference committee, where opponents would have a chance to stall the bill's passage...