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Campaigning for the office once held by former Democratic presidential candidates Senator John F. Kerry and ex-Governor Michael S. Dukakis ’60, the group of Beacon Hill hopefuls expressed agreement on every issue that was raised—from universal health care to same-sex marriage??leaving the race to differences of character and style...
...reverence that Western culture has for the romanticized notion of “love,” it somehow fails to recognize that love is something we often have to work to maintain. Growing up, I’ve always faced these two opposing views of marriage??one that demands love before the vows are taken, and one that promises that love will grow with time and familiarity. And, while I am culturally immersed in that first fairytale version, I have at least come to see that arranged marriages help us return to the most basic requirements...
...political future is one thing, but to hijack his state’s legislature and convert it into a national showcase of his political agenda is quite another. The issues that Romney continues to needlessly push—reinstating capital punishment and, most prominently, banning same-sex marriage??have already been sufficiently debated, and the electorate’s will has been made clear. To reintroduce them for his own political gain cheapens the legislature and insults the residents of the Commonwealth. Such tactics are unbecoming not only of a governor, but also of a possible future presidential...
...guests to share their celebration. These guests are actually escaped convicts and their rude behavior quickly begins to wear out the Bellangas’ Job-like patience. Believing the guests are God’s test, the Bellangas continue to house the guests to the point of their marriage??s dissolution. The Orthodox religious maxims that fill each frame (i.e. “there’s God; there’s only God”) are incessant enough to become distracting; however, the movie blends faith and narratively integrated struggle so seamlessly that the audience is absorbed...
...assertion that life has not changed since same-sex “marriage?? was imposed on Massachusetts is irrelevant. Nobody expected the sky to fall. It took several generations for the adverse effects on children of no-fault divorce to be understood, and the research is ongoing. Similarly, the negative cultural impact of redefining marriage will be revealed over several generations, not in several years...