Word: slayton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...James M. Slayton, a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School (HMS), whose 1993 request to use Memorial Church for a commitment ceremony sparked the process which culminated in the recent policy said he was "thrilled" by the decision...
...Slayton said that although he and partner Phillip Hernandez, also an HMS instructor, were turned away by Gomes in 1993 and ultimately were blessed by Rev. G. Steward Barns in nearby Christ Church, he and Hernandez had remained involved in seeking a policy for Memorial Church...
...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...
...most dry terms possible, the institution of marriage vests clergy with the right to act for the state in legally "uniting" a couple while simultaneously offering the ecclesiastical "action" appropriate to the religious tradition represented. I am not certain what was asked of the minister of Memorial Church. Did Slayton and Hernandez seek such a legal marriage? Or did they ask to have their commitment celebrated in the company of friends and blessed by a minister? Note well that Stewart Barns "blessed" the couple at Christ Church: there is no indication that he married them...
...Slayton wants government to help improve education, take care of the sick and elderly and protect reproductive rights. But tobacco has been the burning issue in this race: Slayton wants to hike the price of a pack of cigarettes 25%, using $4 of every $5 raised to offset the medical cost of tobacco-related diseases and the rest to fund anti-smoking education for kids. Philip Morris isn't located here, but many of its employees...