Sentences with phrase «as a civil rights group»

The Trump administration's pick for a key position overseeing the 2020 Census is out, the Commerce Department confirmed Monday, as civil rights groups applauded the decision.

Cuomo's move has earned him high praise from Hispanic legislators as well as civil rights groups and law enforcement officials.

The NRA presents itself as a civil rights group dedicated to upholding and defending the Second Amendment to the US Constitution — the one about the right to «keep and bear arms».

The girls particularly like the extracurricular activities, such as a civil rights group and a leadership group in which they learn about living outdoors.

As civil rights groups accuse the educational system of racial bias, some observers argue that implementation of less - punitive measures of discipline may make schools more unsafe.

Not exact matches

We've been compiling incident reports from civil - rights groups, as well as news reports, social media and law enforcement records.

The companies join gay - rights and human rights groups as well as the American Civil Liberties Union in attacking the law over its broad language, which could be used by business owners to use religious objections to deny same - sex couples wedding.

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

using your argument we would had civil rights in this country just because goverments make certain practices illegal does tat mean that what the goverrmet s doing is moral and just, The fact s the goverment attempted to use Christaniaity to bolster it claim to power through this we have the start of the Roman Catholic Church one of the most insidious evil organzations on this planet which as doe more to oppose ad kill true follewers of Christ then ay group o this planet.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

Although it might also include opposing government encroachment on civil rights, such as, banning personal prayer in school, banning student led prayer groups and meet - at - the - flag - pole groups, and banning Muslism garb.

It really does mean a lot when groups such as NAACP voice their support for civil rights for the LGBT minority.

The civil rights activist might be in the same small group as the pro-life champion.

As for your silly «agenda» nonsense, gays are not a «special interest group» anymore than blacks were before the civil rights act was passed.

According to a new report from the UN Human Rights Data Analysis Group, the number of people who have died since the start of Syria's civil war is twice as...

You simply do not, as a company, give money to groups who want to deny civil rights.

If there is an inherent «right to marriage» for same - sex couples, religious groups that refuse to marry gay couples are violating their civil rights, which in turn could lead to a repeal of the churches» tax exempt status» or a complete overturn in our law and culture of the religious understanding of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Already, the conscience division has drawn criticism from civil groups concerned that the protections will be used as a license to discriminate, particularly against gay or transgender patients, as well as from abortion rights groups.

The Daily Mail opposes it for as many of the right reasons as it is now possible for a secular paper to admit to: «This legislation,» it said, «which not even Stonewall, the most persistent gay rights group, was agitating for, is not just about allowing homosexual couples to have a wedding rather than a civil partnership.

The removal of the post from the Graham group's website was first noted by the New Civil Rights Movement website and then later by the Asheville Citizen - Times, which reported that the information on cults was accessed as recently as Thursday afternoon.

King and Smith characterize these two polarizing schools of thought as durable coalitions of political actors, social groups, and governing bodies, drawing on the civil rights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil Rightscivil rights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil Rightrights messaging initiated by Martin Luther King, Junior and the 1964 Civil RightsCivil RightsRights Act.

However it is important to note that only a small proportion of civil society groups are involved in the protests; namely those groups that are based in Bujumbura who are focused on governance and human rights issues and regard themselves as watchdog responsible for holding the government to account.

Meanwhile, the latest campaign finance reports show groups supporting HERO have raised more than $ 3 million, five times as much as opponents, according to The New Civil Rights Movement:

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group's annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade - old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this -LSB-...]

Backed by a broad coalition made up of labor, civil rights, and women's organizations and almost 600 faith leaders ---- what one Albany insider described as the sort of group «needed to get anything progressive done» in the Legislature ---- EPSA earlier this year launched a media drive worth more than $ 300,000 targeting specific state senators.

The bill will also make some non-profits identify large donors, a move the New York Civil Liberties Union worries will discourage people from donating to groups involved in controversial advocacy, such as Planned Parenthood or gun rights groups.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

Civil rights groups, including the Legal Aid Society and tghe New York Civil Liberties Union, have criticized de Blasio, a Democrat, for interpreting the state's decades - old police - officer - secrecy law, known as 50 - a of the Civil Rights Law, more strictly than any mayor in hirights groups, including the Legal Aid Society and tghe New York Civil Liberties Union, have criticized de Blasio, a Democrat, for interpreting the state's decades - old police - officer - secrecy law, known as 50 - a of the Civil Rights Law, more strictly than any mayor in hiRights Law, more strictly than any mayor in history.

The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

Elected officials such as Assemblymen Keith Wright, Council members Robert Jackson, Gale Brewer, Inez Dickens and Senator Bill Perkins said attacking the NAACP over this issue was silly given the civil rights group's history of fighting for equal education.

Ramos» challenge made headlines this year, as he received endorsements from a number of civil and gay rights groups who saw him as a good shot at ousting Diaz, who feircely opposes gay marriage.

«These important civil rights issues should be resolved outside of the budget, as part of the normal legislative process, by the end of session,» the group wrote in a joint statement.

Democrats, along with several civil rights groups, attacked the now - adopted district lines as unfairly stacking the deck against Democrats in downstate communities and said they split apart a predominately black and Latino area on Long Island to dilute its mostly Democratic voters into several Republican districts.

A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President - elect Donald Trump's inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon...

The unionization drive, called Fast Food Forward, is sponsored by community and civil rights groups — including New York Communities for Change, United NY.org and the Black Institute — as well as the Service Employees International Union.

The governor's announcement was cheered by lawmakers from minority neighborhoods as well as by civil rights groups, who are increasingly looking to Albany and to Washington in an effort to rein in what they see as overly aggressive tactics on the part of the Bloomberg administration.

With a background as a civil rights activist and as an early leader of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Perales would be a plus with Latinos, one of the fastest - growing groups of New Yorkers.

The measure is supported by groups as varied as the American Civil Liberties Union on the left and the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation on the right.

The film, which is set in the South after the Civil War, raised the ire of civil rights groups such as the NAACP, which decried «the impression it gives of an idyllic master - slave relationship, which is a distortion of the facts.&rCivil War, raised the ire of civil rights groups such as the NAACP, which decried «the impression it gives of an idyllic master - slave relationship, which is a distortion of the facts.&rcivil rights groups such as the NAACP, which decried «the impression it gives of an idyllic master - slave relationship, which is a distortion of the facts.»

Groups as diverse as ACT UP (gay rights), Critical Mass (environmental bicyclists), even the archconservative Catholic League are getting on the civil disobedience bandwagon.

Some civil rights organizations say lumping together different types of students, such as English - language learners and students in special education, makes it much tougher to see how individual groups are progressing relative to other groups of students and the student population as a whole.

The decision, of course, came with what Martin Davis of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute characterized as «a flood of criticisms from women's groups and some civil rights organizations.»

Equal opportunity in choosing a school A recent Wall Street Journal editorial had it right in criticizing civil rights groups like the NAACP for not jumping on the educational choice bandwagon since, as the Journal says, «reform's main beneficiaries are poor and minority students in places like Harlem and New Orleans.»

Civil rights groups immediately filed a class action in federal court seeking to block implementation of Proposition 227, also known as the «English for the Children» initiative.

If quality education is the civil rights issue of our time, as Secretary Duncan has said, then it is worth knowing whether teachers and these minority groups are on the same page.

But civil - rights advocates have recognized that shining light on disparities of result, such as the requirement that test data be disaggregated by racial and income groups under NCLB, is an important first step to reform.

Indeed, a coalition of civil rights groups recently raised concerns about new federal CTE legislation because of what they see as a too - limited role for Uncle Sam in ensuring underserved populations don't get tracked into low - quality «voc - tech» programs.

On the above list, «groups» can refer to two groups attempting to deal with a situation, such as perspectives on civil rights issues in the past, voting rights at different points in time, or recent police shootings of African American males.

Life.com organized these visual treasures into nearly 900 thematic sets (called galleries) of 12 — 20 photographs, grouped by topics such as civil rights, nature, the space race, and celebrities.

But the case groaned back to life in 2006 when a group organized as the Greenville Parents Association filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights objecting to the district's use of race in student assignments.