Sentences with phrase «favor of same»

History was made on Friday, June 27th, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same - sex marriage nationwide.

Rumors suggest that the next generation of chips will scrap the Atom's PowerVR GPU in favor of the same graphics solution found in Intel's Core processors.

Texas: even if U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of same sex marriage, state judges must deny licenses / recognition

We're still celebrating last week's Supreme Court decision, ruling in favor of same - sex marriage (and love for all)!

Seitz actually voted in favor of the same clean energy bill in 2008.

Several months ago, development screenshots were posted in an update (# 41: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482445197/unsung-story-tale-of-the-guardians/posts/1065801), revealing that the hex / triangle grid - a major selling point that was a defining factor in setting Unsung Story apart from other tactical RPGs - had been silently trashed in favor of the same - old square grid that every other tactical RPG use.

What's really great to see is that he's a Silver Fox who is not only in favor of same - sex marriage, he's willing to speak up about -LSB-...]

Competitor Disney Infinity planned to do the same thing in 2016 before being cancelled, and Lego Dimensions forewent a second installment in favor of the same strategy.

The state Conservative Party has warned GOP lawmakers that no candidate who votes in favor of same - sex marriage will receive its endorsement — a potent threat in the narrowly divided chamber.

Chapter 10 of his book, titled «33» is devoted to the fight and the struggle that took place in order to get 33 Senators to vote in favor of same - sex marriage.

Alesi faced a likely primary challenge because of his controversial vote in favor of same sex marriage.

Back in June, tn the wake of his vote in favor of same - sex marriage, the lawmaker didn't rule out running for re-election as a Democrat.

The NY Post reports: «In what will likely be read as another sign of his interest in running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this year's Democratic primary, ex-Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. yesterday publicly said for the first time that he was in favor of same - sex marriage.

BY ANDY HUMM Justice Doris Ling - Cohan, a distinguished 20 - year veteran of the State Supreme Court bench and a hero to the LGBT community for her historic 2005 ruling in favor of same - sex marriage, was put through the ringer in recent weeks by a deeply flawed process of the New York County Democratic Party for nominating -LSB-...]

Demonstrators by the hundreds — both those in favor of same - sex marriage and those opposed — jammed the halls of the capital Monday as lawmakers continued to haggle over language that will protect religious institutions and garner enough support in the Republican - controlled Senate for the bill to pass.

Many observers believe longtime incumbent Republican Steve Saland of Poughkeepsie lost the seat in the 2012 election because the Conservative Party, angry about Saland's vote in favor of same - sex marriage in New York, gave its ballot line to Neil DiCarlo of Putnam County.

Mr. Stringer has been using his office and public funds to screen out those not in favor of same - sex marriage, denying them employment in his office, violating the law and discriminating against people of faith who reject marriage between same - sex people.

It's not too much of a surprise, given that McDonald, R - Saratoga, was one of the four GOP yes votes in favor of same - sex marriage last year.

While it didn't get as much attention as the (thankfully) failed vote by the Senate to ban abortions after 20 weeks in January — never mind that abortion that late in a term is both rare, and nearly always because the fetus has a catastrophic ailment — John Faso voted in favor of the same legislation in the House this past fall.

McDonald is one of four Republican senators to vote in favor of same - sex marriage.

Scozzafava's record in the New York State Assembly included votes in favor of same - sex marriage, [53] and she had also received an award from a Planned Parenthood affiliate in 2008.

It is highly unlikely McDonald will receive the nod from the state Conservative Party, given the decree from Chairman Mike Long that no one who voted in favor of same - sex marriage should receive the vital line for Republicans.

Senator Carl Kruger explained his vote in favor of same - sex marriage on the floor of the New York State Senate on Friday.

Gipson won the seat two years ago in a three - way contest after longtime Republican Senator Steve Saland lost the Conservative party primary after voting in favor of same - sex marriage.

The check posted July 8, more than 10 days after Grisanti cast the 33rd vote in favor of same - sex marriage.

Though NOM spent more than $ 50,000 in the race, the role Weprin's vote in favor of same - sex marriage is hotly debated, with Republican Bob Turner's spokesman Bill O'Reilly saying it was essentially a non-factor.

One of the arguments made by state officials in favor of same - sex marriage — including Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the Independent Democratic Conference — is that rites for gay couples would lead to larger sales tax receipts for state and local governments.

It is so easy to be intimidated into silence by those in favor of same sex marriage.

The El Diario editorial in favor of same - sex marriage this week caught many by surprise.

Ball famously flirted with voting in favor of the same - sex marriage, attracting significant media attention, before announcing that the religious protections in the final product weren't good enough.

«We support diversity of all kinds, whether it be gender or ethnicity or sexual preference,» said Miranda, who says his group filed a brief in favor of same - sex marriage.

In what will likely be read as another sign of his interest in running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this year's Democratic primary, ex-Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. publicly said for the first time that he was in favor of same - sex marriage.

When Carl Kruger, a Brooklyn senator facing trial on federal bribery charges, announced at a news conference in June that he would vote in favor of same - sex marriage, Mr. Cuomo stood with him and other wavering Democrats and publicly congratulated them.

The latest vote tracking shows there are 26 state Senators in favor of same - sex marriage, 29 opposed and seven undecided.

A 2014 Pew Research poll indicated that 61 % of Millennial Republicans are in favor of same - sex marriage.

Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, meanwhile, is in danger of losing the Conservative Party line for his vote in favor of same - sex marriage.

Both Saland and Grisanti were two of four Republican senators who voted in favor of same - sex marriage legalization last year.

The mailer, which criticizes Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti for his vote in favor of same - sex marriage legalization, is prett graphic; depicting two men in the midst of a sex act and refers to the Buffalo lawmaker as a «political whore.»

CORRECTION (June 18, 8:58 p.m.): A previous version of this article incorrectly said Pataki is in favor of same - sex marriage.

New Yorkers United for Marriage just announced that former first daughter, Chelsea Clinton, will join 50 volunteers at 1199 SEIU Headquarters in NYC tonight to kick off the coalition's first week of phone - banking in favor of same - sex marriage.

Kim Davis, the county clerk, ceased issuing marriage licenses after the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of same - sex marriage.

Black pastors who preach in favor of same - sex marriage know they may pay a price if they take Obama's position, says Bishop Carlton Pearson.

While I am not in favor of same sex marriage, it is none of my business if the involved couples choose this form of intending life long commitment.

«Culture Wars Go Nuclear,» proclaimed Gary Bauer's e-mail newsletter when the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in favor of same - sex marriage in 2003.

The truth is that in the metaphysical and religious sphere, articulate reasons are cogent for us only when our inarticulate feelings of reality have already been impressed in favor of the same conclusion.

The Liberty Institute framed Friday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of same - sex marriage as actually a victory for religious liberty.

But the last application, for a rally in favor of same - sex unions, must be accepted or the District of Columbia would accuse the school of a human rights violation.

And they are slightly more supportive than their elders of government efforts to protect morality...» Back in March of this year, The Pew Forum made news when it reported that 70 % of millennials are in favor of same - sex marriage.

But that shows a softening on the position in recent years; In 2008, only 26 % of blacks were in favor of same sex marriage, according to the same Pew poll.

Although there certainly are serious moral arguments in favor of same - sex marriage, there are also serious moral and prudential arguments against it.