«We recognise these are issues of conscience which will be given free votes in parliament,» the letter adds. (politics.co.uk)
If the head of state could again happen to be a Catholic, and if Mr. Ratzinger completes a hard - right turn of the office he holds, would we want to have a monarch deal with issues of conscience of the kind: push my country towards conforming to Catholic dogma, abdicate or risk my soul? (nextleft.org)
I always find it irritating how a certain breed of leftie tries to turn issues of conscience into political caricature - by their very nature certain issues transcend political association (I know you will deny this was your intention, Sunder, but the approach of the «progressives» on this is too consistently crude for this to be an isolated coincidence). (nextleft.org)