Sentences with phrase «for civil debate»

Unfortunately not everyone in the cryptocurrency community, which is hardly known for its civil debates at the best of times, is accepting of Lee's rationale.

Not exact matches

The paper is embarrassing news for the FBI, which set off a big debate over security, civil liberties, and encryption policy in its showdown with Apple.

In determining the proper balance between civil society and government, there is much room for political debate.

They have seen themselves pilloried as «racists» by civil rights lobbyists for taking the opposite side of legitimately arguable policy debates.

It is precisely such a perspective that is needed in current debates on homosexuality and the issue of civil unions for homosexual persons.

In an emotional encounter with Christakis's husband, a Yale faculty member who argued that a university should provide a context for discussion and civil, reasoned debate, one student shouted, «It is not about creating an intellectual space!

By claiming, for example, that Arkes has incorrectly interpreted the reasons for the Civil War and the debate over abortion, and has neglected to provide a fuller picture of the Founders and their beliefs, Prof. Smolin is presupposing a moral notion that is logically prior to his analysis: historical texts and events should be interpreted accurately.

Further, reducing all marriages to civil unions by recognizing marriages as business contracts removes the argument from debate by recognizing equality for all regardless of their beliefs.

Santorum is condemned for when he told an Iowa crowd last November that, «our civil laws have to comport with a higher law: God's law,» while Gingrich is criticized for a remark he made at a CNN debate on October 18, 2011, in Las Vegas.

The most ready - to - hand sources of ideas for dealing with such questions are no doubt to be found in the centuries - long Western debate about «civil society.»

You sound just like the people in the dark ages did when they were against civil rights for African Americans and women, you're the one on the wrong side of the moral debate with no facts to back yourselves up.

Since your initial appeal was for a more civil debate, is it now your contention that any criticism of gay people, no matter how it is phrased, loving as long as the critic claims biblical support?

Thus, the civic debate about sexuality has shifted from the ballot box to the civil courts, and the rhetoric of individual liberty has been exchanged for that of civil rights.

When potential for the violation of civil rights and the abuse of privacy are mentioned in the debates, the president and other defenders of the status quo say, in effect, «Trust me.»

The emotional scenes emerged during debate on the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill, which includes introducing formal recording for a stillborn child born before 24 weeks» gestation and giving coroners the power to investigate late - stage stillbirths.

The civil rights debate, such as Gay marriage, there are tons of LGBT and LGBT accepting churches that are in agreement with you and have been pushing for Gay marriage.

That could mean that religious believers, of all stripes, find it hard to be heard dispassionately in public debate but it might herald worse, such as children mocked for their religious beliefs, the curtailment of civil liberties in the name of secular equality, or even physical attacks, such as several mosques endured in the wake of Woolwich.

It's a sign of a civil society which is pushing for debate.

From the Putney Debates in the English Civil War, to the 1689 Claim of Right Act passed by the Scottish Parliament, right up to the British Human Rights Act of 1998, a concerted concern for rights and popular sovereignty has provided a shared political framework for legislation that unites all elements of the United Kingdom.

As the debate progressed, it became obvious that this audience was all for Teachout, however civil toward Faso.

Delighted to see that since the debate on my Private Members Bill on Friday the petition for equal civil partnerships has gone from 80,000 to over 100,000 now!

Finally, Nick Hurd, the Cabinet Office MInister, spoke for the Government at the end of the debate: I really believe that we have barely scratched the surface of what can be achieved in this country if we strike a more effective and balanced partnership between government, business and civil society, including active citizens in our communities who want to get more involved.

He added that the reference to Civil War in the debate for the bill would bring further division among Nigerians.

The debate was jointly organised by two civil society organisations — Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).

One proposal we cite in the consultation document from Liberty - and we are grateful to them for engaging so constructively in the debate - is that if the risk materialises we should declare an emergency under the Civil Contingencies Act and allow for a period beyond the 28 day limit, for up a further 30 days.

The Civil Service Employees Association's «Dark Deal» commercial blasts a 401k - style «perk» for high paid non-union workers — an option the labor organization vehemently opposed during the Tier Six debate.

Voting opened at 8:00 am after a campaign hailed for a vibrant and violence - free debate in the small West African nation, which suffered back - to - back civil wars from 1989 to 2003.

DD could do immense good to David Cameron's cause over the next few weeks, if he can get maximum publicity for the debate on our civil liberties, because he could show Gordon Brown's actions for what they are - self - seeking and tawdry.

The presence of the civil rights leader who has led national marches against police brutality for decades and is seen by critics as reflexively anti-police rekindled a debate about his track record on public safety at a time when his ally, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is seeking to burnish his bonds with police officers, large numbers of whom turned their backs on him at two police funerals last December.

Republican candidate for public advocate J.C.Polanco and Republican candidate for comptroller Michel Faulkner each pledged that their respective debates this week will be far more civil and controlled than last week's mayoral debate.

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

This activity is meant to decentralize the concept of the presidential debates and provide a civil platform for political engagement for young and female politicians.

What: Press conference with a diverse set of community leaders — including some who were arrested for acts of civil disobedience during last year's «debt ceiling» debate — calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects jobs and services and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

While the debate on Oteh's saga was yet to subside, a coalition of youths, led by human rights activist and President of Civil Rights Congress, Shehu Sani, queried the rationale behind the appointment of a new Chairman for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) when a northerner, Kabir Mashi was already in the position and improving the revenue base of the agency, especially VAT collection for the Federation Account.

The prime minister said the government will review whether it is possible to stop suspected rioters spreading online messages, in his opening statement during a Commons debate on Thursday on the widespread civil disorder for which MPs were recalled from their summer recess.

For instance, whenever the Wiley team debates, it invariably is conveniently assigned to argue the politically - correct side of the issue, whether that be about welfare, lynching, integration, child labor, civil disobedience or elsewhat.

Over 300 organisations took part to debate and agree on a collective civil society vision for education, and adopted a landmark declaration to help shape the education agenda beyond 2015.

Whether civil rights rules should allow different schools in the same district to have different approaches to discipline is up for debate.

The 13 organizations that make up the National Task Force on Seeking Common Ground for the Improvement of Public Education hope their efforts will foster more civil debate and agreement among traditionally antagonistic groups.

The debates will bring together academics, representatives of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as representatives of nongovernmental organizations and civil society.

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

Examples of the instructional and democratic citizenship benefits of developing these economic reasoning skills in students include: sharpening critical thinking and critical literacy skills; entertaining multiple perspectives; better understanding current events; laying the groundwork for authentic discussions and civil debates; casting informed votes; and making students» thinking explicit for assessment purposes.

The dispute has been percolating for months, as union leaders, pro-charter groups, civil liberties advocates, parent leaders, students, teachers and principals have re-framed their ongoing debate about the quality of the city's schools around the safety of the 1,800 schools run by the Department of Education.

I do not feel his vision was utopian; it was a workable vision of community, not unlike many that have worked for white people throughout history, from the Puritans on... It also echoes some communal efforts of the abolition movement among others, and the Civil Rights movement, with Valentine, and Landers, in their speeches echoing Martin Luther King Jr. and the same debate over «gradual» or immediate progress.

Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) at the University of Nottingham and the New Art Exchange for the fourth in its five - part debate series, accompanying the Get Up Stand Up international civil rights project.

Beginning with the establishment of Spiral art collective in 1963, the exhibition explores how debate raged among and beyond African American visual artists as to what it meant to make and show art, who it was for and how to relate it to the Civil Rights movement and other campaigns for racial empowerment.

how refreshing to know that there can still be a civil discourse between «advocates on both sides of the charged debate over climate science and its implications for society.»

My ideal for this blog is as a place of civil debate among the members.

... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.