Sentences with phrase «father argued against it»

The younger Osborne wanted to buy land to expand, but his father argued against it.

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Sidhak's father, Sagardeep Singh Arora argued that the school discriminated against his son, by not allowing him to wear the patka or have uncut hair - essential parts of his religion.

As late as the 16th century Martin Luther the «father of the Protestant Reformation» was still arguing for the books of Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation to be dropped from the New Testament altogether because he perceived them to go against some of the doctrines he was promoting.

In «The Grammar of Baptism» (December 1991) the Rev. Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. argues with considerable ingenuity against the efforts of feminists to «reform» the name of the Holy Trinity, from its current benighted state of «Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,» in the direction of «non-gender-specific terms.»

If your plan for when you stand before the Father is to argue that you didn't think He expected us to tend the sick together as government of the people — that your vote was against it even though you knew brothers & sisters would suffer for it... well, good luck with that one.

Many fathers» rights proponents argue that the legal system is biased against fathers when it comes to family decisions, leaving many dads who desire to share parenting responsibility without the chance to do so.

Some advocates of greater fathers» rights have argued that fathers should have the right to «disclaim fatherhood» and refuse financial or legal responsibility for a child born against their wishes.

Lawyers for former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam today argued that the federal corruption charges against the pair — which allege that the elder Mr. Skelos obtained posh jobs for the younger from companies with business before the state — really tell a heartwarming tale of a «caring and concerned» father and his «rude,» «volatile» and «immature and emotional» 33 - year - old boy.

Two Australian retirees invoke the «father of modern science» to argue against settled climate science but instead draw from a deep history of denial and distortion

And if my brother and I argued with my father about race — he was an Irishman of the old school, and he hated the English so much he didn't have much energy to hate anyone else — but he had a mild prejudice against blacks.

A father of two children, Mr. Castañeda, argued that the school district of Raymondville, TX was discriminating against his children on the basis of national origin and race by not providing sufficient educational programming to help them overcome their language barriers, and thus were not allowed the same educational opportunities as other students.

The plaintiff's father filed a premises liability lawsuit against the town that owned and maintained the lake, arguing that the town was negligent in allowing the rope swing to remain on the property and for failing to provide signage about the dangers involved in using the rope swing.

The nursing home defended against the claim, arguing that it should have been submitted to arbitration and pointing to the arbitration agreement the plaintiff signed on his father's behalf.

He has become the subject of smear campaigns and demonstrably false conspiracy theories that say either he has been «coached» by his father, a former FBI agent; or he is a «pawn» for anti-gun campaigners; or he is not a victim but a «crisis actor,» paid to travel to disaster sites to argue against stricter gun laws.