Sentences with phrase «grant equal rights»

It was definitely because they voted to grant equal rights to homosexual couples.

It's a red herring also, as it's presented as a reason NOT to grant equal rights to everyone, for a fictional possible outcome, which if it were to occur could be dealt with as a separate issue, specifically.

In closing, America has become a better and more just country in EVERY instance where it granted equal rights under law to minority citizens.

If I understand this correctly, these christian groups are claiming that granting equal rights to everyone is somehow discriminating against them??? Sounds par for the course.

So long as gay couples are granted equal rights by the government, people have the right to include or exclude whoever they want from their religions; social approval and disdain will come as it does.

As far as Mohler's «The sky will fall», he can not name ONE ill effect granting equal right s to everyone would cause.

The sooner the LGBT community is granted equal rights, the sooner all of this will die down and we can all go about our business.

When I show him this picture of him at his first Gay Pride Parade, I hope it will seem an interesting piece of history - a relic from a time long past, before gay people were granted equal rights under the law in this country.

Not exact matches

A stock appreciation right entitles a participant to receive a payment, in cash, common stock, or a combination of both, in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the stock at the time of exercise and the exercise price of the award, which may not be lower than the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the day of grant.

«Financing Conversion Securities» means securities with identical rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions as the Qualified Financing Securities issued to new investors in a Qualified Financing, other than (A) the per share liquidation preference, which will be equal to (i) the Note Conversion Price at which this Note is converted, multiplied by (ii) any liquidation preference multiple granted to the Qualified Financing Securities (i.e., 1X, 2X, etc. of the purchase price), (B) the conversion price for purposes of price - based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Note Conversion Price, and (C) the basis for any dividend rights, which will be based on the Note Conversion Price.

All stock options and stock appreciation rights will have an exercise price equal to at least the fair market value of our common stock on the date the stock option or stock appreciation right is granted, except in certain situations in which we are assuming or replacing options granted by another company that we are acquiring.

The exercise price must be at least equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the date the stock appreciation right is granted.

(gg) «Stock Appreciation Right» or «SAR» means a right granted under Section 8 which entitles the recipient to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the exercise price thereof on such terms and conditions as are specified in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Award (the «SAR Agreement&raqRight» or «SAR» means a right granted under Section 8 which entitles the recipient to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the exercise price thereof on such terms and conditions as are specified in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Award (the «SAR Agreement&raqright granted under Section 8 which entitles the recipient to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the exercise price thereof on such terms and conditions as are specified in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Award (the «SAR Agreement&raqRight over the exercise price thereof on such terms and conditions as are specified in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Award (the «SAR Agreement»).

Ashcroft's bill allows faith - based groups to compete on an equal footing with secular nonprofit organizations for governmental grants to support social - welfare activities, and it explicitly ensures these groups the right to conduct their outreach without compromising their spiritual character.

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.

Or when equal rights were granted to former slaves?

The American democratic capitalism had never granted equal civil rights to the Blacks.

If one gorilla learns that controlling his rage equals freedom and a chance to get out of the jungle, and can pass this onto other gorillas, and they agree to become more docile, is that the «beginning of life» (the granting of rights) for gorillas, those we'd otherwise use for experimentation?

Shall the Missouri Constiitution be amended to define the term «person» to be from the beginning of biological development and grant such person constiitutional rights and access to courts under the equal protection, due process, and open courts provisions of the Missouri Constiitution?

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

The issue of gender equality continues to separate views, with some viewing it as a lost cause while others see the need for a law granting women equal rights as their male counterparts to be implemented.

Since 31 August 2009, legislation granting lesbians equal birth rights in England and Wales came into effect, meaning both can now be named on a child's birth certificate, amending the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987.

It also grants every citizen the right to be equal to any other citizen before the Law.

They also grant every citizen its rights as described by law and always the right pertaining to the definition of «citizen» - being equal to any other citizen before the Law.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

The Marriage Equality Act would grant same - sex couples equal rights to marry «as well as hundreds of rights, benefits and protections that are currently limited to married couples of the opposite sex,» according to a news release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

«The injunction granted by a conscientious and courageous judge establishes the principle that government may not deny children their right to equal educational opportunity by disproportionately laying off teachers in communities such as Watts and Pico - Union.

A small town in Spain, Trigueros del Valle, has intorduced a bill to recognize animals as «non-human residents», thus granting the four - legged companions equal rights as citizens.

The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant stock appreciation rights which allow the grantee to elect to receive upon the exercise of the option shares of stock with an aggregate fair market value equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares of stock with respect to which the option is exercised over the aggregate exercise price of the option as determined on the exercise date.

Following the conference, an extension was granted for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

According to the Irish authorities, the right to retain worker status after having worked for more than one year — granting the right to reside and equal treatment — was reserved exclusively for Union citizens working under an employment contract.

Seed grants were awarded to 15 startup initiatives including projects focused on advancing labor rights for cotton pickers in Pakistan, promoting equal treatment for women soccer players in Brazil, developing an open - source, online civic participation platform, and more.

-- Author Unknown Alabama Code Title 30 Marital Domestic Relations § 30-3-151 The following is a list of possible custody grants in Alabama divorce cases: Joint Custody: joint legal and joint physical custody Joint Legal Custody: Both parents have equal rights and -LSB-...]

Sharon McIvor, Pamela Palmater and Shelagh Day, Chair of FAFIA's Human Rights Committee, will request that the IACHR urgently communicate with Canada regarding its legislative failure to grant equal status to Indigenous women and their descendants immediately and take an active role in monitoring Canada's compliance with its human rights obligations to Indigenous women and girls under regional human rights instruRights Committee, will request that the IACHR urgently communicate with Canada regarding its legislative failure to grant equal status to Indigenous women and their descendants immediately and take an active role in monitoring Canada's compliance with its human rights obligations to Indigenous women and girls under regional human rights instrurights obligations to Indigenous women and girls under regional human rights instrurights instruments.

I think this case presents only a single federal question: did the order of the Maryland Court of Appeals granting a new trial, limited to the issue of punishment, violate petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection?

The US Copyright Office interprets that as meaning that authors have equal rights to the work (an undivided ownership share): in other words, any author can grant permission to publish, and a copyright license of transfer of rights does not have to be agreed on by both authors.

The following applications for permission to file an amicus / amici curiae brief in support of plaintiffs / respondents / cross-appellants Andrea Savaglio et al. are granted: (1) Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California et al., (2) La Raza Centro Legal and Equal Rights Advocates, (3), California Employment Lawyers Association, and (4) Alameda County Central Labor Council et al..

Where the Minister certifies by notice, published in the Canada Gazette, that any country that is not a treaty country grants or has undertaken to grant, either by treaty, convention, agreement or law, to citizens of Canada, the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by this Act, the country shall, for the purpose of the rights conferred by this Act, be treated as if it were a country to which this Act extends, and the Minister may give a certificate, notwithstanding that the remedies for enforcing the rights, or the restrictions on the importation of copies of works, under the law of such country, differ from those in this Act.

If the lease extension is successfully obtained, you have the legal right to be granted a new lease with a term equal to the remainder of the term under your existing lease plus a further 90 years.

Some of the basic rights that we now take for granted — pregnancy and maternity rights, part - time workers» rights, equal pay for work of equal value — are all at risk if the UK becomes a low regulation economy.

The Supreme Court based its decision on the fact that prohibiting same - sex marriages constitutes a violation of the 14th amendment, because rights were not granted to all US Citizens by equal.

Equal Justice Works Awards Health Rights Clinic Grant for Two Legal Fellows to Work with Veterans

One noncustodial parent's rights may grant him equal amounts of time with his child as the custodian, while another person's rights may entitle him only to weekly supervised visits.

Technically, Pennsylvania grants non-custodial parents and custodial parents equal rights when the custodial parent wants to relocate out of state with the children.

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In so doing, we would be able to better regulate the right of judges to grant custody with a view to equal parenting.

Instead, the law grants both natural parents equal rights to their children.

(i) makes no specific recommendation on improving Indigenous rights under the AH Act (by, at least, granting them equal status to non-Indigenous rights); and

The Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission was granted leave to intervene in the hearing and make submissions to the High Court on relevant human rights princRights & Equal Opportunity Commission was granted leave to intervene in the hearing and make submissions to the High Court on relevant human rights princrights principles.

An appeal from this decision was dismissed by the Full Federal Court (in February 2001), and the Yorta Yorta people appealed the Full Federal Court's decision to the High Court.The Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission was granted leave to intervene in the High Court's hearing and make submissions to the High Court on relevant human rights princRights & Equal Opportunity Commission was granted leave to intervene in the High Court's hearing and make submissions to the High Court on relevant human rights princrights principles.