Sentences with phrase «holding political opinions»

Citizens are locked up in dehumanising detention centres without access to medical care and legal assistance just for holding political opinions that run contrary to the views of those in power at the centre.»

The sorts of things that caused offence ran the gamut from extremist or strongly - held political opinions (racism, homophobia, partisan political views) to oversharing of daily routines and acts of inadvertent self - promotion.

It's one thing to hold a political opinion, it's quite another to act on it.

Mr. Choe holds political opinions, especially regarding American foreign policy, that would generally disqualify him from mainstream politics.

Not exact matches

This meeting will be held under the Chatham House Rule, so expect candid opinions and economic, social and political issues discussed in depth.

The media hounded Tim Farron for his Christian views; they did not regard it as acceptable for him to hold views other than those of the political elite, or the majority, Similarly, our belief in the personhood of the unborn child and the sanctity of their lives enables us to see abortion as a sin crying to heaven for justice, not merely some privately held opinion; for us it is most definitely not «a woman's choice».

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation — We hold these truths to be self - evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

JohnQuest, I am just curious as to what he can talk about...... if there are so many opinions that he must «respect»............ if he speaks up about Truth in, say, abortion, won't he be siding with someone or against someone who holds the same opinion even without mentioning their political names?

Prestige, political and social agendas, and just good old fashioned hubris lead people to fiercely hold opinions.

They crafted a constitutional order that intended to make a person's religious convictions, or lack of religious convictions, irrelevant in judging the value of his political opinion or in assessing his qualifications to hold political office.»

I have political opinions that I do not expect other Christians to necessarily hold the same.

In the political arena, at least, I have always been of the opinion that worshiping our political office holders is dangerous because there is no way of holding the people we worship accountable.

But it might also be that allowing members to openly disagree on sincerely held opinion about a complex issue could be seen as a sign of maturity in a political party.

Is it illegal for US citizens to accept payments (from foreign private concerns) for shilling political opinions they don't personally hold?

People make rude remarks, people robustly hold opinions, that's all part of the political exchange.

Two caricatured extreme positions of political strategy, held by no - one, are these: a) that voter preferences are entirely fixed, and that the art of political campaigning is to choose where within the spectrum of fixed voter opinions to place oneself to provide the best chance of victory whilst achieving the maximum of one's desired programme; b) that voters can be persuaded of anything if one has truth on one's side and argues for it with sufficient conviction.

On Monday, with political opinion virtually united against Mr Murdoch, Mr Brown finally decided to break cover and «go public» over his alleged long - held concerns over News International's activities.

The authors first conducted a random telephone survey of Lincoln residents to find some who held strong political opinions.

Several scientists believe that holding U.S. meetings under these circumstances would violate the statutes of the International Council for Science, the umbrella organization for scientific societies around the world, which «opposes discrimination based on such factors as ethnic origin, religion, citizenship, language, political or other opinion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age.»

To better understand public opinion on bioethics, one must begin by abandoning the premise of just about all those who have sought to wield such opinion in the political arena: that the public has views that are clearly defined or strongly held.

While just 34 % of women said they'd be happy to clash politically, this figure rose to 54 % for men, who said they see no problem with it even if their partner held a completely opposing political opinion.

She holds Ph.D.'s in classics and government, is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, and received a MacArthur Fellowship for her «ability to combine the classicist's careful attention to texts and language with the political theorist's sophisticated and informed engagement.»

Most likely, personal and political opinion, grounded in deeply held convictions.

You need not hold any specific political opinion about the forty - third president of the United States to see how his words illustrate a fundamental strangeness of the «cult of optimism».

However, one political official holds the opinion that the CPSC should broaden their definition of «hazardous consumer products» to include «war toys and games.»

His talk touched on the findings of his recent work, and pondered the divide between public opinion regarding global warming — he pointed out that strong majorities in every single state believe that it's real — and the opinion held by our political leaders.

Another reminder of Peterson's «professionalism» is this political cartoon he made portraying climate scientists holding different published opinions as «nutters», while working on the taxpayer's dime, courtesy of the Climategate emails in 2009:

In comparison to these factors and trends shaping wider public opinion, past research suggests that the influence of conservative media / commentators and Climategate on wider public opinion is likely to be limited, reinforcing the views of the 20 % or less of the public already strongly dismissive of climate change and holding a strong conservative political identity.

However, what we have here is the (ab) use of science to support a previously held opinion on the merits of some political action.

Courthouse News reported yesterday on an opinion by the 1st Circuit, holding that despite the U.S. being a signatory to an international treaty endorsing the general notion of protecting citizens» political rights, we have this thing called the Constitution, that spells out pretty clearly who's allowed to vote for what.

«I join the opinion of the Court on the understanding that (a) it goes no further than hold that a public school may restrict speech that a reasonable observer would interpret as advocating illegal drug use and (b) it provides no support for any restriction of speech that can plausibly be interpreted as commenting on any political or social issue, including speech on issues such as «the wisdom of the war on drugs or of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use.»»

The CRA seems to hold the opinion that the rules governing the political activities of charities are not being followed, and that too many charities are getting involved in political activities and lobbying for different causes with specific political parties.

In my humble opinion... after living in Puerto Rico 20 + years and becoming very familiar with the political, economic and cultural situation of the island (after all I AM puerto rican), I strongly believe that what the future holds for Puerto Rico is very similar to that of the Dominican Republic.