Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Presumably, the purpose of the kiss-in was to elicit a response that would demonstrate the depth or shallowness of support for gay rights at Harvard. The Defeat Homophobia effort has been widely successful in challenging the assumptions of those who considered themselves to be tolerant of homosexuality, but were unwilling to pay the cause anything more than lip service...
...enough for someone to merely say that they believe in gay rights. It is necessary that they understand what gay rights really are--and support them...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine), who has not announced his position, did not talk with reporters as he left the White House. Sen. James Exon (D-Neb.) has said he expected Mitchell will oppose the nomination, which has failed thus far to attract the public support of any Democratic senator...
...author of the bill, State Rep. David B. Cohen (D-Newton) said that he does not approve of Barrett's amendments. Cohen said his bill was carefully designed for the MDC reservoirs, adding that he would probably support a separate bill to protect the Cambridge water system...
...think the question is, `why does it belong with this bill,' which has gotten wide support from environmentalists," said Cohen. "Why does he want to get in on my bill...