Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Gomes, the previously existing policy, which said ceremonies in Memorial Church could only be initiated if the couple possessed a legal document, goes back to the 17th century. For that reason, Gomes said, the Church needed to create new guidelines in order to host union ceremonies...
Citing the national scope of issues of same-sex marriage, Gomes said that he elected to seek the guidance of the Board of Ministry and the Faculty Committee on Religion in order to determine what provision the Church should make for ceremonies not covered under the legal definition of matrimony...
While he concedes that it is "a fine legal point," Russell said that as the document is written, all buildings constructed before the petition's implementation would be effectively grandfathered in and, therefore, not subject to a special permit process for renovations...
Kuelzer indicated that her restaurant is not only a long-standing Square tradition and an extended family member of the Harvard community, but is also a legal landmark...
Unfortunately, the balance I am yearning for is frustratingly elusive. Freedom of the press is a central tenet of any viable-democracy. A legal limitation on that freedom would be devastating. But the laxity of standards and the lure of cash have put the journalistic profession in a precarious position--one that cannot continue if newspapers hope to maintain their role as perpetuators of civilization as Tocqueville imagined. Perhaps, then, I can add my voice to the clarion call for a reevaluation of the mission of journalism and the potential dignity of the profession...