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...bound to be in the background," said board member Reverend Thomas J. Mikelson of First Parish-Unitarian Universalist Church in Cambridge. "I can't say how it will effect our consideration of the issue, but it will definitely be taken into account...
Although the ruling affects the debate at Harvard, more legal tangles will have to occur before same-sex marriages become legal in Massachusetts, Mikelson said...
...Mikelson said the outcome of the debate may well hinge on whether Massachusetts formally adopts a position on same-sex marriages. "If we see an act of the [state] legislature between now and [the Board of Ministry meeting] in February, Peter [Gomes] and the rest of the Board will take that into account...
Until the issue reaches the Supreme Court, the legal state of gay marriage in Massachusetts rests with the governor and legislature. Mikelson said that even with the governor's support, same-sex marriages in Massachusetts face a lot more hurdles...
...Weld has been good on the issue and he has a thoroughly Democratic legislature to work with," said Mikelson. "But a lot of those Democrats are from conservative suburban districts and they will resist this...