Word: gays
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Many supporters had feared that Sen. William"Biff" MacLean (D-Fairhaven), chair of theCommittee on Bills, would block the committee'spassage of the bill to the Senate floor until thelegislative session ended. MacLean's predecessor,Sen. Arthur J. Lewis (D-Jamaica Plains), was astaunch opponent of gay rights legislation andsuccessfully killed a similar bill with suchmethods two years...
...bill exposed a lot of real distortions ofthe basic democratic process," says DavidLaFontaine, lobbying director for the Coalitionfor Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights...
...Edward P. Kirby (R-Whitman) has pledged todo everything in his power to stop the bill. Theconservative senator has argued that a gay rightsbill would inappropriately duplicate the effectsof affirmative action...
...their mission is expanded at the same timetheir budget is cut, it will be very problematic,"says Kevin Cathcart, ex-director of the Gay andLesbian Advocates and Defenders. "The next testwill be to make sure that enforcement is not onlyin place on paper but actually exists in ameaningful way," he adds...
Barrett says that H.5427 is also not intendedto condone homosexuality. "Gay people don't give adamn if the legislature endorses their lives. Theyjust want to be free from the reach of otherpeople's bigotry," he says...