Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dispute over hiring has also raised questions about the authority of the Board of Trustees. Although the Trustees have legal responsibility for the governance of PBHA, the College has retained the right to approve all the Board's decisions...
...addition, there has been mention of a possible legal challenge over the organization's name, should PBHA attempt to retain its moniker...
Though Massachusetts has made a hypothetical commitment to honor homosexual marriages performed in states where they are practiced, this state has shied away from making gay marriage legal. Only Hawaii has given lukewarm support to homosexual marriage, having strongly considered giving the same benefits to them as heterosexual couples receive. Other states should follow Hawaii's example and exceed...
...university is extremely confident that its residency requirement policy is legal and not in violation of any statutes," he said. "We view any claims against it as unfounded...
...still fighting. At Harvard, we are fighting for transgendered people, who as of now have no legal recourse against discrimination, as they are excluded from the University non-discrimination policy. Nationally, we are fighting for the freedom of sexual expression in a country where anti-sodomy laws are still on the books in many states. When we regard symbolic marriage in the context of the larger picture of lesbian and gay issues, we begin to see that marriage is not a radical agenda at all. When and if I stop worrying about job and housing discrimination and anti-lesbian...