Opinion of the Justices To the Senate

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit their answers to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on November 1, 1983, and transmitted to this court on November 15, 1983, respecting House Bill No. 6665, a bill pending before the Senate entitled: “An Act eliminating certain discrimination on the basis of sexual preference.” In its order the Senate noted that the “bill provides criminal penalties for certain discrimination based upon ... a person’s ‘sexual preference,”’ that the bill does…