Probably a good thing, on balance

[rsc]

The Boston Globe reports that the Massachusetts Senate will most likely pass a "civil unions" bill and send it to the Supreme Judicial Court for evaluation (i.e., ask if it meets the criteria of the marriage decision). I hope the court says "No, we said 'marriage' and we meant 'marriage'." That would clear the air a bit, anyway.

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[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

Needless to say, I really want to agree with you. But I continue to be skeptical about this.

By the way, whatever happened to the Cambridge city council's resolution to start granting marriage licenses? Wouldn't that have started this week?

[rsc.livejournal.com]

They decided, on legal advice, to add the words "as soon as legally possible", meaning not until the state has been forced to recognize them. They were probably right -- it could have been a real mess.