Sentences with phrase «for social conservatives»

In particular, the groups hope the Trump administration can address aspects of the Affordable Care Act considered especially vexing for social conservatives as well as concerns such as «the numerous small business owners who have been negatively affected by the push to keep people of faith out of the public square.»

My goal was to reflect on why single women find the GOP message so off - putting, and what that means for social conservatives like me.

Stricherz, one gathers, would be comfortable in a Democratic party that returned to its working - class roots and its economic focus but that made a place for social conservatives.

These midterm elections were a victory for social conservatives.

A social conservative he ain't, but that doesn't mean the Trump bomb is meaningless for social conservatives.

Though the Supreme Court is far from a consistent proxy issue for social conservatives or religious voters, it does provide a flashpoint for issues of religious liberty, traditional moral values, and abortion - on - demand.

On abortion, another key topic for social conservatives, Harper said while running against Day that the Alliance could not afford to focus on the issue.

Not exact matches

To use a concrete example, if you have a million bucks socked away for retirement, drawing down $ 30,000 a year (in addition to any other sources like Social Security or pensions) is a conservative enough choice that you should be able to sleep at night, confident that even extreme swings in the market won't harm your ability to keep your portfolio healthy into your nineties.

«Canadians might not like them as politicians — they may not vote for them because they're too conservative on social issues — but they're not the kind of governors that make trouble for Canada.»

For eight years conservative Republicans, with business» backing, have gleefully dismantled four decades of social compact.

Gizmodo's report alarmed several social media users, with some conservatives in particular criticizing Facebook for alleged bias.

«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

The new party has yet to be named, but even so, a recent Gallup poll reported Stronach had 8 % of voter support, compared to 28 % for the governing Social Democrats (SPO), 21 % for its conservative coalition partner the People's Party (OVP), and 20 % for the opposition Freedom Party (FPO).

They bash social conservatives as ineffective sellouts to the GOP establishment, and rail against neo-conservative hawks for their embrace of Israel.

If Kenney doesn't follow the lead of Brown, his fellow social conservative caucus colleague, it likely signals one of two things: he does want the support of voters for whom parental rights regarding their pre-adolescents and teens are a big issue; or that he's calculated that a softening of his image would show weakness and isn't worth it, because his party has such a comfortable edge over Notley that he can afford to lose voters wary of anything resembling social conservatism.

Having won the leadership with the help of social and religious conservatives, how much does he have to curry favour with a voter segment with no other party to vote for?

In the speech that urged the Alliance to embrace social conservatives, Harper also said that left - wing Canadians stand for «radical, responsibility - free individualism» and «tribalism in the form of group rights.»

After running for the Alliance leadership as the moderate who would preserve the party from the moral crusaders clustered around Stockwell Day, Harper reached out to social conservatives and took a tough stance against gay marriage.

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NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

The pro-Trump social media sensations repeated disproven claims that they had never been paid by the Trump campaign and that they had been «blocked» by Facebook for being conservative.

Last month, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee invited Hardaway and Richardson to speak at a hearing on «Filtering Practices of Social Media Platforms» as poster children for Facebook's bias against conservatives.

Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

«The Wildrose was not founded on political principles, like the fiscal conservatism of the Progressive Conservatives, or the social democracy of the New Democrats — but rather it was created, out of nothing, for the sole purpose of exerting political pressure on the PC government.»

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.

Mr. Viersen is the former treasurer of the Barrhead / Neerlandia local of the Association for Reformed Political Action, a social conservative Christian organization that has spoken against Gay - Straight Alliance legislation for Alberta schools and questioned the existence of human - influenced climate change.

If Mr Jean hopes to make the Wildrose party the party of choice for all conservatives, including progressive conservatives, he'll have to do better than float a muddled vision that pussy foots around social issues.

Kenney, known for being a solid fiscal and social conservative, spoke to a room of mostly white, middle - aged supporters.

Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

The two main candidates for the leadership of the party, Jason Kenney and Brian Jean, are openly appealing to the party's social conservative and rural base of supporters and have been extremely reluctant to discuss any social issues.

Wildrosers had a history of refusing to moderate, but Kenney learned political leadership at the feet of fellow social conservative Stephen Harper, who excelled at letting certain elements hijack the party agenda for strategic advantage.

If your pension and Social Security are enough for you to live on, you can be as conservative with your money as you like.

growth test,» while social conservative groups pushed lawmakers to restore a tax credit for families who adopt children.

The president of the Club for Growth, an influential group promoting tax cuts, issued a statement Tuesday saying parts of the House bill «fails the pro-growth test,» while social conservative groups pushed lawmakers to restore a tax credit for families who adopt children.

Im not a democrat, and will not usually vote for one, but dam these social conservatives challenge me to do so every day.

Matthew Schmitz has a terrific post which discusses Mike Murphy's suicide - for - the - Republican Party idea that the Republicans should abandon social conservatives and focus on hard headed economic conservatism.

Perry «might could» do better in South Carolina than in Iowa, but his likeliest role is as a spoiler for Santorum, siphoning off social conservative votes that would otherwise go to the home - schooling father of seven.

double standard, designed to drive out social conservatives... About time, for the GOP's survival as fiscally conservative party.

The Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the social conservative criticisms of the party on Thursday.

«As Hispanic Catholics in the U.S achieve upward mobility, they may become a little more conservative on social justice and concern for the poor,» Dillon says, «but currently many of the issues that are especially important to Catholics in Latin America are also very important to Hispanic Catholics in the U.S.»

If Muslims would stop talking about their religion — Mullah's preaching would stop, Fatiwah's would decease, Hindu fundamentalism would be stifled, and Christian Fundamentalists couldn't muster support for social policies of the conservatives etc..

Social and religious conservatives face a double task: arguing a minority outlook plus overcoming those who try to embarrass us for even having that outlook.

And rightly so, for without a great deal of willingness from social conservatives to come out and vote in the national election, the Republican nominee has no chance of winning in November against the Democrats.

I think conservatives need to see these qualities for what they are — sources of the continued political and social strength of conservative ideas in America.

The triumph of conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention should not obscure the fact that a sizable number of Southern Baptists share classic liberal concerns for women's rights, racial and social justice and international peace, not to mention the viability of historical - critical method.

Both liberals and conservative Christians cite Niebuhr - liberals for his emphasis on social justice and conservatives for his willingness to use force to oppose evil.

The emphasis we are compelled now to put upon our first freedom risks distorting the moral message of religious and social conservatives in a number of important ways, and in the process undermining our case for liberty and tolerance.

But what social conservatives «have» is a vision of the good and a deep conviction that it would be good for everyone and therefore ought to be made as widely available as possible.

His stance can be a little too conservative for my taste (mostly on social issues) but he is articulate and has some well thought out plans, not to mention he is pretty moderate and I think in this day and age we need a centrist, someone who isn't afraid to work with both sides of the aisle instead of just playing party politics and only pandering to one half of the country.