Sentences with phrase «issues are in the minority»

I'm sure the issues are in the minority.

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A former publicist, DuVernay never shied away from the issue, tweeting to her 600,000 - plus followers that «shame is a helluva motivator» after the Academy tweaked its membership rules to bring in more minority voters.

Lise offers the most optimistic conclusion on this issue, but his conclusions are compatible with a significant minority not maintaining their consumption levels in retirement.

«There should not be unequal voting rights as they could allow management or minority share owners to override the wishes or best interests of majority shareholders for personal benefit and compromise accountability, leading to potential entrenchment issues,» Mary Leung, head of advocacy for Asia at CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, said in a statement.

This is the latest of Uber's legal issues over how it treats its workers, in particular minorities.

Diversity has been a hotly debated issue in Silicon Valley in recent years, with activists focusing on a dearth of minority and female engineers and executives in many of the biggest tech companies and hottest startups.

In China, we have seen how rigid compliance with regime orthodoxy has led to political and policy disasters, whether during the Cultural Revolution and Tiananmen, or on contemporary issues of environment, national minorities, and corruption, many of which still can not be discussed openly.

The same is true of gender and minority representation, since the expectations of the day, unfortunate as they were, didn't commonly include the belief held by many today that Parliament should look, think, and care about issues in broadly similar ways to the country at large.

Now I love John, Paul, George, and Ringo, but I take issue with them here, and I know I am in the minority.

The founding fallacy in the new church was a «defective ecclesiology» that provided for governance by a lay majority, dominated under a quota system by minorities and feminists, in which theologians were marginalized and issues of race and gender took precedence over traditional ecclesial and confessional concerns.

In a country of 162 million people tensions often lead to violent uprisings between Christians and Muslims and being part of the religious minority can be an issue.

CNN Polling Director Keating Holland had this to say about the findings: «Only a minority of the rank - and - file members of both [Republicans and Democrats] take an extreme position on the issue, with just 31 % of Republicans calling for a complete ban on abortion and just 32 % of Democrats saying that abortion should be legal in all circumstances»...

But while experience shows that the Catholics» answer to the fundamentalists lies in the base communities, only a minority of bishops have strongly pushed for them because of the Vatican's frequently voiced concern that they are too «horizontal» — meaning that they are a democratic influence on a hierarchical church — and liable to become involved in social and political issues.

One issue was the church's visible participation in the dominant political issues of the day notably the struggle for civil rights for minorities and the protests against the Vietnam war.

«The belief that corruption is the important issue in the country is shared only by the minority living in urban areas and towns who have been beneficiaries of economic liberalization policies mandated by western countries.

Well, yesterday Variety published a video of Washington talking with comedian Aziz Ansari (who deals directly with issues like minority typecasting in his show, Master of None), in which she told the story of being fired from two TV pilots because she wasn't «hood» or «urban» enough.

The second questionable way in which minorities in the once mainline churches try to re-form the churches is by identifying true Christianity with the adoption of what are perceived as radical positions on various contemporary issues of personal and social ethics.

One major fault in the espoused parallel relationships between Christian Privilege and other systems of systemic inequality that disproportionately impact racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ + community is that religious preference is scarcely, if ever, legal to request as a means of legitimizing documentation for state issued IDs, legal documents, marriage certificates, employment applications, etc..

The bipartisan nature of this passage shows us that religious freedom does not have to be a partisan issue but is rooted in our deepest commitments as Americans, and I hope that persecuted religious minorities around the globe will see that they have not been forgotten.

The Darwinist strategy depends upon a certain blurring of the issues, and in particular upon maintaining the fiction that what is being promoted is an inoffensive «fact of evolution,» which is opposed only by a discredited minority of religious fanatics.

In an off - year election with few overarching issues and weakened parties that could not get out the vote effectively, highly partisan and active minorities were able to get their candidates elected.

Important issues are indeed at stake, including the right of Christians and adherents of other religions to uphold their vision of sexual integrity and marriage even if they are in the cultural minority.

From what I hear and see about Jesus in in America, he must be a Southern Republican, who needs some training on women, minorities, healthcare and immigration issues

The secular and sacred lines are drawn clearly, so that in multireligious India «this can mean either a fundamental separation of the state from religious activity and affiliation, or impartial state involvement on issues relating to religious interests of different communities.52 The problem with this school of thought from the point of view of religious (Christian) and ethnocultural (Dalit and Adivasi) minorities is obvious.

Some were uneasy lest the statement slight concerns for justice — such as employment, majority / minority rights, or Third World development — in favor of a major stress on environmental or life - style issues related to energy.

I'm not the most religious person, but it is evident to me that the minority in this country have an issue with the majority having such beliefs.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

McPherson holds the minority view that the case «did not really polarize the country any more than it was already polarized by the issue of slavery in the territories.»

And on the two main collective moral issues of our day — the civil rights movement that seeks democratic improvements for our black minority, and opposition to the terrible and mistaken war in Vietnam — the thoroughly ecumenical cooperation among the three biblical faiths gives one a reassuring confidence that unpolemical attitudes are not in contrast to moral commitments.

The encyclical issued at the conclusion of the Council states, «The Orthodox Church is particularly concerned about the situation facing Christians, and other persecuted ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.

They» were able to open their eyes that morning along with their family because god is good and they're in good health» so what's happening to all these minority groups is not an issue.

If you can objectively read what happened to him, and then say that what Kaepernick, Malcolm Jenkins and others are saying about the need to address policing issues in minority communities is a joke, then our country is truly fucked.

Blue also blundered last August, in the aftermath of the Shoal Creek controversy at the PGA Championship, when he claimed that the LPGA wasn't vulnerable on the issue of holding tournaments at clubs that discriminate against women and minorities.

In his statement yesterday, Roberts said he's «very disappointed that the bipartisan, bicameral Child Nutrition Reauthorization negotiations have come to an end for the 114th Congress» and he accused his colleagues in the House and minority members of the Senate of putting «certain parochial interests and the desire for issues rather than solutions... ahead of the wellbeing of vulnerable and at - risk populations and the need for reform.&raquIn his statement yesterday, Roberts said he's «very disappointed that the bipartisan, bicameral Child Nutrition Reauthorization negotiations have come to an end for the 114th Congress» and he accused his colleagues in the House and minority members of the Senate of putting «certain parochial interests and the desire for issues rather than solutions... ahead of the wellbeing of vulnerable and at - risk populations and the need for reform.&raquin the House and minority members of the Senate of putting «certain parochial interests and the desire for issues rather than solutions... ahead of the wellbeing of vulnerable and at - risk populations and the need for reform.»

Few people outside of the trans community paid much attention to the report — perhaps unsurprisingly, as despite the committee's vague estimate that there are 650,000 people in the UK who are «gender incongruent to some degree», this is still very much a niche issue affecting a minority of the population.

This was a minority issue, but only just: 47 % of British employees are affected by the Home Office's rules, which mean they may not be able to live with their loved one in their own country.

«One example of these double - crossings has been documented in former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch's book, «Mayor,» in the chapter he called «Minorities: Confronting the Issues.»

At issue were comments O'Luck made on the Times» City Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.»

Ken Ofori - Attah, in responding to the issue in Parliament, stated that the issuance was transparent and was done in accordance with the laid down procedures governing the issuance of bond and government securities in the country, adding that there was no conflict of interest, as he «had no direct dealings with the investors» as alleged by the minority in Parliament.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins did not praise the constitutional amendment that would codify the Roe v. Wade decision in state law as backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, indicating more urgency was needed on the issue.

«As we keep it about the issues and as long as we keep moving New York state in the right direction, the best way is to be engaged, not sitting in a minority on the sidelines with 31 Democrats,» he said, adding, «The reason why we started at four and we're now eight — we must be doing something right — is because it's all about the issues.»

Among those unhappy with the way things went down was Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who said in a statement issued at about 1:30 a.m. that the extraordinary session had been «nothing to celebrate.»

This issue has exposed a new fissure in the party between its socially - conservative working - class supporters in the North and the Midlands, and its supporters in metropolitan areas, who are more likely to be liberal, young or from ethnic minorities.

Earlier in the day, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a Republican, said he didn't think the Lopez scandal was resonating with New York voters, as opposed to economic issues.

Given how heavily Poland and Hungary are criticized in West - European media, imagine the scandal if their PM would issue death threats against members of one of their minorities.

And as other people have already pointed out, this would be «good for business» because the market solution of catering to a minority for excessive profit would be wide open, while in no way, shape, or form actually doing anything to solve the social issue of widespread discrimination against a minority.

But the two Minority members, who felt their views were stifled and not represented in the final report presented by committee chairman Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, decided to issue their own report.

Rounding out the plan is a large section focused on workplace issues, including previously announced proposals to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and urging the state pension fund to prioritize investments in companies that have «adequate» women and minority leadership.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said the issue should be addressed in the budget and that «there's really not a lot of negotiating to do.»