Word: sens
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...held a series of jobs in law before being named a federal judge by President Clinton in 1994--her bosses have included Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.), former Governor William F. Weld '66 and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer...
...Sen. Mark MacDonald, who represents a conservative district overwhelmingly opposed to the idea of civil unions, had decided to oppose civil unions until one of his constituents asked him, "What are you going to tell the kids when you go back to school?'' That stopped MacDonald, a social studies teacher for 23 years, cold: "What was I going to tell them? I voted the way I did so it would be easy for me to get reelected...
...State Sen. John Crowley expressed fears that the legislation would lead to an increase in homosexuality, as though the state was granting gay and lesbian couples special treatment and lucrative benefits. Since the bill grants nothing more than the rights that opposite-sex married couples enjoy, Crowley need not fear that heterosexuals will seek civil unions when they can just as easily marry a member of the opposite sex. Government conservatives such as Crowley should not allow their homophobic prejudices cloud their judgement in granting constitutional rights to their constituents...
...whether or not same-sex unions undermine traditional marriages, state Sen. James Leddy said, "there is...nothing in the committed relationships of two people that presents a threat to my [28-year] marriage." The state of traditional marriage would be no more affected by same-sex marriages than it would be by "civil unions...
...Sen was selected by a large committee that draws up the list of honorary degree candidates and, from that list, chooses the commencement speaker...