Sentences with phrase «justice response for»

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The sudden surge in personal attacks against Rosenstein and Mueller seems like it's coming in response to a Justice Department investigation into Cohen for payments he made to women who say they had affairs with Trump.

And that in response to what I have said about knowing our part in the kingdom, trusting God for justice and the privelidge it is to be part of that, you see different roles for the husband and wife in the relationship, in that it requireds a huband to «woo» to use an old fashioned word, his wife by being sacrificual and that engendering in her the submission in a spirit of mutual submission.

Second, in response to both the biblical concern for justice and the problems of resources and energy, actively support international, national and local initiatives to conserve energy and resources and to reduce poverty and injustice.

The CNI - SBSS, the SYNODICAL BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES (SBSS), was conceived as a response of the Church to the whole issue of poverty and related social justice for the poor and exploited as against the prevalent ethos of relief and charity.

Justice for all, I appreciate your honesty and I'd call your response courageous if it were not anonymous.

The radical response to these facts is to restrict our own consumption of goods and services, our own material standard of living, either in order to share more of our wealth with those in need, or in order to serve God better by using our time to work for justice and peace or by sharing the lot of the poor.

In response to the Rhetoric Society of America's inquiry — what are Pope Benedict's reasons for positioning the Catholic Church as an essential link between enterprise and justice, and as a significant voice in the public discussion of globalization — I suggest a «spiritual....

In response to our coordinate efforts for Mutuality 2012, I have heard from women who say they feel their dignity and worth have been restored, from multiple readers who have changed their minds about women in ministry, from couples relieved that they can finally put a name to how their relationship has functioned all along, from singles freshly inspired by the «great cloud of witnesses» that surrounds them, from followers of Jesus whose passion for justice and equality has been renewed, from women ready to «get on with it» and stop asking permission to use their gifts and start unapologetically using them.

More important, Fishbane's sensitive account, which does justice to our horror at Abraham's deed, can not handle the manifest fact that the angel speaks for God, Who swears by Himself and Who increases Abraham's blessing as a response to his hearkening to the divine voice.

Still other theologies are far more concerned with a theological response to societal struggles for justice.

As a beckoning toward justice, peace, and respect for the integrity of creation, God requires our response for a fulfillment of her aims.

Finally, in response to Pixley's paper, I want to articulate two questions which are pertinent to raise in the consideration of Marxism today, then to deal with the explicit question of justice, and lastly to make a proposal for the consideration of process thinkers.

Theological reflection is a response in faith to the realities of people, especially people struggles for freedom, for justice, for wholeness and well - being.

you can have a court system that is supposed to deal non-violently with solutions to these dillimmas but mostely it is entertainment and laughable in it's core justice to begin with humans are human so how does the newer muslim prophet propose to become more than human in response to violence and as a tool for enactment for change — if necessary?

By extension every good deed, every struggle for justice and deliverance from oppression, every effort to care for and show concern about those who are in need, will be not merely a reflection of the divine mercy and righteousness but also an instrument for the bringing about of just such shalom or «abundance of life» for God's human children, So one might go on, almost without ceasing, to show that response in faith to the action of God in this vivid moment has its implications and applications for the whole range of human life and experience.

Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which has spearheaded international advocacy for Abedini with its Save Saeed campaign, highlighted the White House statement, released in response to a Fox News query.

Instead, liberation theologies have arisen as intellectual and religious responses to very concrete struggles for justice and love on the part of those committed to overcoming the dehumanizations and depersonalizations resulting from classism, sexism, racism, technocentrism, and militarism.

The first premise is that for us, as for Moses, an act of engagement for justice in the world, not a pause for theological reflection, should be the first «moment» of an appropriate response to God.

A Response to Responses») writes: «Today the uniqueness of Jesus can be found in his insistence that salvation or the Reign of God must be realised in this world through human actions of love and justice, with a special concern for the victims of oppression or exploitation.»

In response we ought to be proponents of a vision for our world that links justice with mercy, and we ought support leaders who recognize in this linkage the possibility of peace and reconciliation.

Throughout the New Testament, Jesus» response to disability is to heal the condition, to consider the handicap irrelevant for others (as in the Johannine story), or to seek justice for the disabled.

This brings us to Wright's response to the objection that working for social justice is an attempt to build the kingdom by our own efforts:

It would take a long time for me to type out a response that would do justice to your request and why I said what I did.

Despite recent awareness from justice systems of the importance of tackling sexual violence, the justice and social support needs of conflict and post-conflict survivors worldwide have not been addressed are poorly understood and the service responses are rarely carried out in a gendered or holistic manner Justice for survivors of sexual violence and torture is a long way off and yet its fulfilment is vital to their rejustice systems of the importance of tackling sexual violence, the justice and social support needs of conflict and post-conflict survivors worldwide have not been addressed are poorly understood and the service responses are rarely carried out in a gendered or holistic manner Justice for survivors of sexual violence and torture is a long way off and yet its fulfilment is vital to their rejustice and social support needs of conflict and post-conflict survivors worldwide have not been addressed are poorly understood and the service responses are rarely carried out in a gendered or holistic manner Justice for survivors of sexual violence and torture is a long way off and yet its fulfilment is vital to their reJustice for survivors of sexual violence and torture is a long way off and yet its fulfilment is vital to their recovery.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

In response to argument from the claimants» legal teams - that parliament never contemplated Ripa being used as a figleaf for undercover sex - Justice Tugendhat suggested that most MPs were aware of accounts, albeit fictional, in which James Bond does just that.

It's too early for a full policy response, since Iain Duncan - Smith's Social Justice Policy Group will be publishing its own proposals during the summer.

«In this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus move.

Wu emphasized his credentials in response to Cuomo's questioning them, highlighting his experience as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer and working in the Obama administration on consumer protection issues.

The Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs returned WBFO's call with a written statement, also disputing the numbers: «It would be inaccurate to assume that all 76 deaths listed in this FOIL response have physically occurred at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.

For some inexplicable reason, the criminal justice response and the response of facilities has been to blame the victim or to suggest that they had to assume the risk associated with their employment.

In his response, Chairman of the judicial commission of enquiry, Hon. Justice Moshood Adeigbe who thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve the people of Osun, promised that the commission will discharge its job without fear or favour.

At 9 a.m., actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, NYC Councilman Robert Corny and representatives of the groups Black Lives Matter and The Coalition for African Peace and Justice hold a news conference to call for federal officials to send humanitarian aid and take further action in response to attacks in Nigeria by supporters of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Julian's personal qualities also stand out: his integrity, his deep sense of justice, his careful thinking and measured responses, and his commitment to making a difference for the 99 percent.

It could be seen as a big win for Schneiderman: He asked Cuomo for the designation in December, shortly after the no - bill from the Garner grand jury, and aligned himself closely with criminal justice reform advocates, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, as they pushed for a response.

«We must also thank the state for ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice as this gesture is being displayed by the state in its response the menace», he stated.

Justice Dimgba on Friday fixed December 5 for hearing of the motion after Adedipe asked for time to file a further reply to the EFCC's response to his client's application.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba expressed reservation over the absence of any lawyer representing the anti-graft agency and the failure of the commission to file any response to Fayose's application despite being aware that Thursday had been scheduled for the hearing.

«I am pleased that this budget response contains $ 2.6 million in increased funding for senior case management to bring caseloads down from an average of 80 to 65 per caseworker, and $ 190,000 for the Richmond County DA for the Staten Island Family Justice Center to address the impact of domestic violence on Staten Island,» she said.

In response to the news, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called Thompson «a tireless champion for justice,» adding that «his work has directly aided our shared mission to make Brooklyn a safer place to raise healthy children and families.»

Insiders talk of a shift to crisis response, and a growing desire to punish wrongdoers — perhaps less from a sense of justice than from the instinct for political self - preservation.

Speaking at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa on the activities of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) in the last one year, the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said government, through the agency, equally handled a total of 192 cases.

Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon denied that Mr Corbyn's response to Syria and the poisoning of the Russian spy in Salisbury were issues on the doorstep for traditional Labour voters.

In response, Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY; Afua Atta - Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard; Jonathan Westin, Executive Director of New York Communities for Change; José López, Co-Director of Organizing, Make the Road New York; and Cecil D. Corbin - Mark, Deputy Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice issued the following statement:

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice will soon begin advocating for environmental pollution to receive the same type of government response as that done for infectious diseases or mass cases of food contamination.

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

The letter comes in response to an announcement Rosenstein made at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences on Feb. 21 in Seattle disclosing that the Justice Department has approved «Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports» to be used by its forensic examiners in statements about analyses of forensic latent fingerprint evidence conducted in its labs.

In response to a Department of Justice request for public comment on advancing forensic science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, along with the American Chemical Society, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics...

Fourth, they must strengthen the role of health, security, education, justice, and other relevant sectors by creating and implementing policies for prevention and response across these sectors, and integrating violence prevention and response into training efforts.