Word: rev
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dramatizing Larry Flynt was walking a tightrope--include too many contemptible events, and the audience turns off," concede the film's screenwriters, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, in an introduction to the published version of their script. Its climax revolves around the libel suit filed against Flynt by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, which led to the famous 1988 Supreme Court decision saying it's O.K. to poke fun at public figures, even to say--as Hustler did of Falwell--that they have sex with their mothers in outhouses. I, for one, am grateful to have that right, although...
...have sent you a copy of the letter that we mailed to Rev. Gomes and his reply. We had initially made the request verbally of his office. The response involved issues of civil ceremonies and state law as being the reason for not allowing same-sex ceremonies in Memorial Church. We then decided to formalize and broaden our search by asking several churches in the Harvard area if we could use their chapels, sending the requests by certified mail...
...church for a same-sex blessing or union ceremony. We specifically did not request a "marriage" or "wedding." We knew that we were not allowed the legal right to be married. Our goal was simply to find a suitable religious location to commemorate our relationship. Rev. Gomes' reply specifically denied the use of Memorial Church for "blessings of same-sex unions," appearing to understand that we were not asking for a wedding or marriage...
...response to the other requests we made, Rev. Robert Tobin of the Christ Church, Ms. Laurie Auffant of Old Cambridge Baptist Church and Rev. Thomas Mikelson of the First Parish and First Church graciously offered the use of their churches. Along with the refusal of Rev. Gomes was that of the Episcopal Divinity School, which stated that it had not developed a policy on same-sex union ceremonies and therefore was not allowing any couples, regardless of the gender of the participants, from outside of the Divinity School to use the chapel...
...Rev. Gomes has done important work on behalf of the gay and lesbian community over the years and we believe that, with his leadership, the issue of the use of Memorial Church for same-sex union ceremonies will be quickly resolved. We look forward to the Board of Ministry addressing this issue at its February meeting. --Phillip Hernandez, M.D., clinical instructor in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; James M. Slayton, M.D., Harvard Business School, Class...