In an election that observers agree reflected the aspirations of Democratic voters to turn the page on the Bloomberg era, Quinn's close identification with the mayor, including the leading role she played in allowing him to run for a third term in 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identity. (gaycitynews.nyc)
Because of the close identification of Mary Daly and other theologians with feminism, their new religion appeals to many of the women students in the seminary, as well as to some of the men. (religion-online.org)
The close identification of church and state was full of dangers. (religion-online.org)