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Tuesday’s address included Bush’s strongest statement yet expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. If rulings like last fall’s landmark Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health decision—in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared in-state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional—are allowed to stand, Bush warned, “the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process.” While the president did not go so far as to endorse the proposed federal constitutional amendment prohibiting same...
...That was a big, big stepping stone for him,” Bajwa said. “That was a landmark...
Besides honoring local activists and civic leaders, this year’s breakfast also marked the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down racial segregation in public schools...
...cultural wasteland, but Gehry may have changed that with his design for the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the new home of the L.A. Philharmonic that was unveiled in October. With its curvaceous exterior and acoustically adroit interior, Gehry's building bestowed on the city an important architectural landmark and proved that L.A. residents actually do go to the symphony...
...state] has failed to identify any constitutionally adequate reason for denying civil marriage to same-sex couples." MARGARET MARSHALL, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, delivering its landmark ruling that prohibitions against civil marriages of same-sex couples violate the state's constitution...