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...even though the state’s governor, Mitt Romney, who earned law and business degrees from Harvard in 1974, is a Republican, and the legislature is controlled by Democrats. Unanimously approved in the Senate and passed on a 154-2 vote in the House, the legislation now awaits Romney??s signature. A Romney spokesman said yesterday that the governor will sign the bill. “This is essentially a not-perfect bill but almost a political miracle in today’s climate,” said Blendon. The governor has the power to veto individual...
...minority and low-income students than national standardized tests such as the SATs. He called the Adams Scholarship Program “a step in the wrong direction,” and urged the program’s budget to be redirected to existing need-based aid programs. Romney??s office did not return a request for comment. Gary Orfield, director of Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, said, “If you take the limited aid that’s available and give it to kids who don’t need it, it just...
...Romney??s move is the latest episode of the Catholic Charities saga currently unfolding in Boston. Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Catholic Charities has been providing vital adoption services for abandoned and endangered children with special needs. Recently, Massachusetts bishops have been confronted with the difficult decision of whether or not to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting, in accordance with Pope John Paul II’s decree that the adoption of children by homosexual couples is a “gravely immoral form of violence that places children in an environment...
...understand the sentiments of people who support Romney??s proposal out of their concern for the children who are caught in the middle of this mess. While many of them might support the right of gays to adopt children, they are not so adamant to defend this right if it means that abandoned, endangered children will not be able to find homes as a result of Catholic Charities losing their license. But considering that Catholic Charities arrange an average of 37 adoptions per year, it seems possible that these adoptions can be arranged through other adoption agencies...
...having begun adoptions many years ago.” While the Church’s consideration of its dogma is understandable, we fear the interests of the orphaned children are being sacrificed by a stubborn and unyielding Church tradition. It is in this vein that we agree with Romney??s decision to seek an exception, and license Catholic Charities to continue its adoption services despite its policy toward gays. It should not, however, receive any public funding. To suggest that state funding should be given to an agency that discriminates against homosexuals in the name of religious freedom...