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Governor William F. Weld '66 has sagaciously decided that Massachusetts will recognize gay marriages attained in other states after a Hawaiian Circuit Court judge ruled against a ban on legalizing homosexual union. Hawaii's Supreme Court may ultimately strike down the lower court's ruling--which has already been stayed--that the state must show an as-yet unproven compelling interest in order to deny marriage to homosexuals. But the willingness of the Governor to take this step toward legitimizing gay marriages in Massachusetts and elsewhere is encouraging. Furthermore, we hope he and the Massachusetts government will follow Hawaii...
...accepting Hawaii's validation of gay marriages with all of the legal benefits that the institution entails, Weld has effectively agreed to legalize gay marriage. Though homosexuals would still not be able to be married in Massachusetts, they would only be required to go to Hawaii for the civil ceremony and return to a life of married legitimacy. Since airfare for two to Hawaii is no small sum, it will still be difficult for poorer homosexuals to marry. Unlike Hawaii, neither Massachusetts' nor the federal government's constitutions have privacy clauses or bans on gender discrimination written into them...
...look forward to sharing in everything from their spouse's health and dental insurance plans to their estates after death. Moreover, legalizing gay marriage allows for the adoption of children by homosexuals and their full participation in communal lives as husbands and wives, mothers and fathers. We applaud Governor Weld's decision to extend greater measures of freedom and equality to homosexuals...
...William F. Weld '66 last week declared his support of the ruling, in what some see as a precursor to legalized gay marriages in Massachusetts...
...Weld has been good on the issue and he has a thoroughly Democratic legislature to work with," said Mikelson. "But a lot of those Democrats are from conservative suburban districts and they will resist this...