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January
Print Edition 2003
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 Can
We Really Eliminate
the Income Tax?
Nearly half the Massachusetts
voters pulled the lever to repeal the state
income tax last November. Did they mean it?
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Carla Howell, this year's
Libertarian candidate for governor, will spend
the next four months taking stock of where to
go from here.
Gov. Jane Swift startled the state on Dec. 3rd,
by asking the SJC for advice on what she is
required to do about the Protection of Marriage
Amendment.
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David Tuerck |
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Gov.
Jane Swift |
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Sen.
Tom Birmingham |
11th
Hour Appeal on Marriage Heard By SJC;
Court is Urged to Enforce State Constitution
The attorney for the sponsors of
the Protection of Marriage amendment appeared
before the whole Supreme Judicial Court on Dec. 3
to urge the judges to enforce
the state Constitution and see that it is obeyed.
Will
2002 Democratic Party Destroy Liberals' Dream
of Circumventing an 'Unresponsive' Legisloature?
The attorney for the sponsors of
the Protection of Marriage amendment appeared before
the whole Supreme Judicial Court on Dec. 3 to urge
the judges to enforce the state
Constitution and see that it is obeyed.
Mass.
Congressmen Violated Law
The letter from all of the Mass.
Congressmen and Senators to state legislators about
the Protection of Marriage Amendment violated federal
law, according to Thomas McGee,
a 30-year employee of the federal government.
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Priests
and Members of Episcopal Church Rebuild After
Being Driven Out by Bishops
Remember
the Episcopal priests who were removed from
St. Paul's Anglican Parish in Brockton by their
Bishop in the autumn of 1998? This spring, they
will break ground
for a new building, after years of holding services
on the sidewalk in front of their
old church.
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priests and members of St. Paul's Episcopal church
in Brockton were driven out by the Mass. bishops
in 1996, but they're now building their own church.
They report that this building is now practically
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Massachusetts
Congressmen Push Special Rights for Homosexuals
A bill, which is sponsored
by Senator Ted Kennedy and the entire
Massachusetts delegation, would give special
rights to homosexuals across the entire
country.
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Senator Ted Kennedy
has been advocating
for ENDA legislation for over a decade.
Many employers express reservations about
its impact
on their businesses. (AP/Photo/Patricia
McDonnell)
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WWII
Veteran Gets
Purple Heart Again
In the 1960s, Andrew Comita,
Jr.'s home was burglarized and his medals were
stolen. He petitioned the the government at the
time to have his medals replaced. Thanks to the
efforts of Middlesex County Sheriff James V. DiPaola,
Comita has another Purple Heart.
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Andrew Comita was
presented the Purple Heart in the Senate Chamber
of the Massachusetts State House Nov. 21. Pictured
above (L-R) are Senator Charles Shannon (D-Winchester),
Mr. Comita, Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola,
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