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...following the now-famous Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said, “The people of Massachusetts should have the right to define marriage. It should not be decided for them by a court.” Last week, the state legislature—representing the will of the people of the Commonwealth—answered Romney’s call in resounding fashion, defeating a proposed constitutional amendment to replace same-sex marriage with civil unions by an overwhelming vote of 157 to 39. Through their elected representatives, the people...
...proposition’s lopsided defeat is due in large part to the state’s acclimation to the notion of same-sex marriage that has occurred since the 2003 court ruling. Since then, almost 6,000 same-sex couples have exchanged wedding vows—a number that represents 17 percent of total marriages within Massachusetts during that period. And despite impassioned warnings from the right, the social fabric of the Commonwealth has remained very much intact...
Even State Senator Brian Lees, one of the bill’s co-sponsors and also a Republican, eventually decided to vote against his own proposition in light of same-sex marriage’s new social role in the Commonwealth. “Today, gay marriage is the law of the land,” he said. “Life has not changed for citizens of the Commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry who could not before.” State Senator James Timilty concurred, saying that he decided to vote against the amendment...
...those facts are straightforward--but facts need context and interpretation to be meaningful. It's not clear whether younger women are more willing to try same-sex encounters because they're afraid of getting pregnant, because it's trendy or because boys their age can be so crude. ("At least another girl isn't always trying to push her penis into you," said one teenager, reacting to the study.) We simply don't know the answer, says William Mosher, lead author of the study. "That's the kind of thing you could look at with further surveys...
...look forward to resuming Justice after a one-year break,” he said. “This year’s topics will include affirmative action, same-sex marriage, and the war on terror...