Sentences with phrase «despite arguments to the contrary»

State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long (pictured) said the executive committee wanted lawmakers to know, despite the arguments to the contrary by some, that it is serious on the issue: «The party has made it very clear that traditional marriage is a line in the sand and a very important issue,» Long said.

Despite arguments to the contrary, computers can be effective for note taking — if we adequately support students in using them.

Despite arguments to the contrary, author blogging is not dead according to Anne R. Allen, and she provides eight solid reasons why.

New York has decided the external costs of dirty energy makes clean energy compelling, despite arguments to the contrary.

Not exact matches

Despite many interpretive arguments to the contrary, it seems undeniable that Whitehead intended «actuality» (or «actual») to be a proper predication of superjects.

Put differently, the implication of Russell's argument, despite his own views to the contrary, is this: in order to talk sense about sexuality, you must have a determinative view of the family and marriage.

The pre-Smith precedent, despite Ginsburg's argument to the contrary, doesn't expressly address whether for - profit corporate forms are ent - itled to free exercise claims.

Here's an excerpt of the Judge's decision: «A significant aspect of the IDM [intelligent design movement] is that despite Defendants» protestations to the contrary, it describes ID as a religious argument.

Utah's ban on gay marriage harms the children of gays and lesbians, despite arguments the state has made to the contrary, according to an amicus brief filed Tuesday by a group of national and state gay rights organizations.

His argument runs: Marriage is a public function; bodies exercising public functions have a duty not to discriminate; therefore if they offer marriages, they have a duty to offer civil partnerships, despite the explicit language to the contrary in s. 202 itself and elsewhere.

Despite advocacy groups» arguments to the contrary, the CCSS is, for the most part, a destination, not a roadmap.

Despite arguments and past practices to the contrary, cropping a dog's ears and docking his tail are cosmetic surgeries with very little health benefits.

Despite decades of research and thousands of peer - reviewed publications to the contrary, AFP rigidly adheres to the denialist arguments that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities pose no significant danger to Americans — or the rest of the planet.

I agree with the linearity argument and have never said otherwise (despite your repeated false claims to the contrary).

Despite Peabody's arguments to the contrary, they are convinced that additional access to coal on the international market would in fact increase consumption of the carbon - intensive fuel in Asia.

In the present case, despite D2 and D3's arguments to the contrary, the aunt was not «really the cause of the litigation».

Despite contrary arguments by several Member States, the Court had found that this constituted an obstacle to the free movement of capital, which even the conclusion of double taxation conventions with most EU and EEA Member States could not remove, as the effective tax rate remained higher than that for resident pension funds under all but three of those conventions (para 33 - 34).