Word: vigil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thursday night, a crowd of about 100 clergy, students and faculty crowded the steps of the church for a candlelight vigil to support the admission of same-sex ceremonies...
Mikelson, who spoke at the vigil, said the event demonstrated students' interest in allowing such ceremonies but that the vigil drew only a small crowd of devoted students...
...Spital '00, who introduced a resolution in the Undergraduate Council last month endorsing same-sex ceremonies in Memorial Church, said the vigil sent a powerful message to the administration...
...administration] realizes that no one will forget about this," said Spital. "The vigil helped reaffirm that message, and I trust that the Board is truly interested in looking into this...
...attendants of the meeting included James Slayten, one of the men who had originally asked to hold a commitment ceremony in the church; Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Student Alliance Co-Chair Jane I. Aceituno '97, and Seth J. Persily, a Harvard Law School student who organized the candlelight vigil...