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...weeks ago, the Cambridge District Court ruled that “Louie” Chen will not face jail time. But the CLC has not yet reached its verdict, and still could revoke the Superette’s liquor license for this, Chen’s second recorded violation...
Last fall, Local 615 sent Iscayau to represent the district at the national presidential endorsement meeting in Washington D.C., where the Union’s rank-and-file members handed Dean his first and last labor endorsement...
...this equality clause be stringently enforced. The choice between single-sex and coed schools must remain a choice. One sex must not be allowed to receive an inferior education to the other. The Bush plan would look much less attractive if, for example, the only good school in a district was for girls, leaving boys with no good choices and girls who wanted a decent education without a viable coed option. We hope an administration that so often fails to deliver on its promises can manage to get this one straight...
...been wed in Vermont to dissolve their union, but he reversed himself after state attorney general Greg Abbott argued that because Texas law prohibits gay marriage, the state cannot grant a gay divorce. If mediation fails, the only other alternative, says Houston attorney Jerry Simoneaux, is district court, where a judge might, for example, divide assets according to how much each partner contributes. Family court judges can weigh what is fair. "The person who stayed at home would lose a lot," Simoneaux says...
...some states are carefully opening the door to gay divorce. In a closely watched case in Sioux City, Iowa, district court Judge Jeffrey Neary allowed two women to terminate the civil union they got in Vermont. But rather than call it a divorce, his ruling simply dissolved their union and reverted the women to single status. Several Republican lawmakers and a church pastor are challenging the ruling in the Iowa Supreme Court, arguing that that kind of dissolution would implicitly recognize such unions and pave the way to same-sex marriage...