Keeping the church divorced from politics, from business ethics and
from controversial social issues assures the purity of the religious body and prevents the contamination of its members.
He has typically chosen to remsin silent
on controversial social issues and when he has publicly voiced an opinion they've typically been surprisingly liberal for an evangelical, much to the consternation of many a fundie.
Rivera then employed an approach employed by candidates across the nation — from the presidential race on down — seeking to change the subject
from controversial social issues to the ecomomy and the creation of good - paying jobs, which, he said, «is what Bronx families need right now.»
The poll showed relatively even splits on
the controversial social issues of abortion and same - sex marriage.
Few believe the Democrats will gain a majority in the Senate this year, leaving Spitzer with two years to amass a record of success on his governmental - reform agenda of lowering taxes and balancing the state budget before attempting to take on
a controversial social issue.
Instead, the McArthur «Genius Grant» recipient will have a series of paintings he made in and about Hong Kong, in which he opted to depict the dangerously overcrowded public - housing projects dotting the city, tapping into
the controversial social issues surrounding its scant availability of affordable living space.