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Gordon College prevailed, but will the country?

Gordon College prevailed, but will the country?

Tina McCormick

Gordon College, the small Christian liberal arts college just 30 minutes north of Boston, became the focus of much negative media attention just over a year ago. Its president, D. Michael Lindsay, had signed an open letter to President Obama, supporting a religious exemption to his Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.

President Lindsay has emphasized the need to grant faith-based institutions the freedom to "hire for mission" and for religious colleges to "set the conditions for community life." But soon after, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges took the college's accreditation under review to determine whether Gordon's prohibition of same-sex relations among students and staff might bar it from receiving federal funds.

‘Millionaire tax’ and pot legalization sponsors file signatures, point to revenue potential
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‘Millionaire tax’ and pot legalization sponsors file signatures, point to revenue potential

NBP Staff

BOSTON – Massachusetts voters may soon get a chance to decide whether to raise state revenue by taxing the rich, legalizing and taxing marijuana, or both.

Supporters of two ballot initiatives, one that would impose a state "millionaire tax" and one that would legalize recreational use of marijuana, both claim their proposals would add cash to state coffers. Sponsors of the questions, which were certified by Attorney General Maura Healey in September, each submitted more than the required 64,750 certified signatures to the Secretary of State's office in Boston on Tuesday.

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