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...Liberty Counsel cited a clause in the U.S. Constitution regarding “republican” state governments to argue that the SJC’s decision overstepped judicial authority. Instead, the Counsel said, the issue of same-sex marriage should have been decided by popular referendum or the people’s representatives in the legislature...
...Massachusetts State Legislature granted preliminary approval in March to a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage but allowing for civil unions. The amendment must be passed again by next year’s Legislature before being put to a statewide ballot referendum...
...hope that the legislature recognizes this, and does not continue with the attempt to deny one group of people equal treatment by referendum,” added Murphy, who co-sponsored a resolution in February that paved the way for Cambridge to become the first city in the Bay State to issue the licenses...
...proposal for a campus-wide referendum on a new fee to raise money for the College to purchase renewable energy passed unanimously in the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) late Tuesday night, setting off feverish preparation among supporters to educate students on the issue in advance of the possible vote, which would start Monday...
Nothing like that has happened since the 1950s. The five two-term administrations before this one were all followed by an election in which the big man's Veep sought the presidency on his own--a kind of third term as well as an implicit referendum on the previous...