Sentences with phrase «liberal and conservative groups»

This is a critique shared by both liberal and conservative groups.

New Yorkers Against Corruption is made up of an array of labor unions, liberal and conservative groups, and environmental organizations.

Not exact matches

However, that won't stop conservative groups, including Trump and his supporters, from arguing that it proves liberal bias.

In the past, these groups have perceived conservatives to be suspect on racism, while on the other hand they worked with liberals in the fight for civil rights, and several of their theological heroes are crucial forerunners if not advocates of radicalism.

At the same time, Posner, in describing moral academics as split between «two main subsets, the liberal «secular and the conservative «religious,» may mislead readers into believing that the academy is more or less equally split between those two groups.

Three groups, the liberals, radicals, and conservatives, are finding their uneasy compromise difficult to maintain.

There remain both «federal conservatives» and «federal liberals» (as the English Evangelical Graham Kings has put it), both groups of which, for all their doctrinal differences, share the belief that Anglicanism as a communion does not matter all that much.

To map that landscape, Roof and McKinney divide Americans into eight religious families: liberal Protestants (Presbyterians, Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ), roughly 9 per cent of the population; moderate Protestants (United Methodists, Lutherans, Disciples, American Baptists, Reformed), 24 per cent; conservative Protestants (including Southern Baptists, Churches of Christ, Nazarenes, Pentecostal and holiness groups, and evangelicals and fundamentalists), 16 per cent; black Protestants, 16 per cent; Catholics.

The liberal group People for the American Way's report on how conservative foundations have deployed vast sums to support think tanks, friendly media and other institutions that promote right - wing causes is titled «Buying a Movement.»

This entire article bases the «diversity» of a group that is not based on the whole of American Society which is much more moderate having both liberal and conservative tendencies.

He argues that «liberal» and «conservative» voices in the church tend to mimic the groups that share those labels in the wider political culture.

The ruling outraged both liberals and conservatives, and a bipartisan group of senators pushed through an unprecedented vote to roll back the FCC's new rules.

Protestant groups» conservative and liberal» have forged respectful relationships with Jews and Judaism.

O'Malley is especially single - minded in eschewing the use of terminology such as «liberal» or «conservative», making the valid point that such broad groupings were not easily identifiable at the time and were often marked by a certain fluidity in connection with particular issues.

A recent study of Hispanic churches revealed a consistent pattern among this group (the largest of America's minority groups, one continually replenished by immigrants): Hispanics, whether Catholic or Protestant, tend to be conservative on issues of sexual morality but liberal on issues of the economy and minority rights.

From largest to smallest, these groups are the somewhat conservative, moderates and liberals, conservative evangelicals, and economically very conservative secular voters.

The difference between conservatives and liberals is not that one group is certain and the other is not; rather, it is that conservatives are certain of too much.

Read a few of the links that come up and then tell me how logical it is that the very group who claims to be so liberal, and so against conservatives, will favour a far more conservative group (Muslims) over a not nearly as conservative group (Christians).

The problems of teen - age sexuality and the fact that conservative political and religious groups have put these problems on their agendas suggest that it is urgent for mainline denominations and liberal churches to recover a credible voice in matters of human sexuality — both the ethical and the practical.

For the most effective communication with the total population we need a variety of conservative and liberal churches, showing appreciation of each other at the same time that each group assumes responsibility for reaching its own unique constituency.

It is these realities that make militant conservative groups within liberal churches so dangerous to evangelism and mission.

The newer Religious Alliance Against Pornography, composed of both liberals and conservatives, sponsored a White House Conference last fall and has begun organizing local groups around the country.

Both conservatives and liberals are deeply immersed in anthropocentric modes of thought, and neither, as a group, have transformed these in light of the recognition of the intrinsic value of all of God's creation.

The conflict in the world today is between the fundamentalist and conservative Christians, Muslims, and other groups - not liberal and more moderate Muslim, Christian, or Jews.

There are everywhere two prominent groups known to everybody — the Conservatives and the Liberals.

When faced with unplanned pregnancy there are pro-choice, liberal, secular women who have abortions and then there are pro-life, conservative, religious women who plan adoptions; both groups may parent, but this choice also comes with its fair share of stigmas and judgments if made under socially unacceptable circumstances, like being a young, single, or impoverished).

The government is charged vociferously with paying too much attention to faith groups (accused by left - liberal secularists of an unprincipled timidity on faith schools, being too open to faith engagement in third sector; and of being generally rather socially conservative; and, alternatively, by the right having a cynical multiculturalist approach to minority faiths as electoral blocs) and also of too little attention to faith (with some «competitive grievance» claims that Muslims are getting too much attention, by some claiming to speak for some other minority faiths and by some Christian voices; and traditionalists who think there is a secret project to do in every institution).

The party is hesitant to come out with something that pleases one group and alienates the other as it attempts to hold together a shaky coalition of city - dwelling liberals and comparatively socially conservative, but economically left - leaning, voters who're more likely to reside in smaller towns in Wales, the Midlands and the North.

In particular, things have looked up for the most talented members of the Osbornites, the group of pro-market Conservative MPs who share the chancellor's broadly liberal and metropolitan instincts and have been happy to do his bidding, either in the Commons or on the TV.

The motion was brought forward jointly by the Conservative (CDU / CSU), Social Democrat (SPD), Liberal (FDP) and Green groups.

Trump began to make his mark on the lower federal courts with 10 judicial nominations that drew praise from conservative legal groups and concern from their liberal counterparts.

The tax agency, as it happens, singled out both conservative and liberal groups seeking tax - exempt status for extra scrutiny.

In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative, socialist and liberal groups in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloch.

From my conversations with people across the House of Commons, including the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Caroline Lucas of the Greens and Conservatives such as Nick Hurd and Graham Stuart (chair of Globe, the international parliamentarians group on climate change), it is clear there is cross-party support.

«We are a group of Conservatives who believe in a modern, fair, and inclusive politics, an open, aspirational and liberal economics, and a strong, just, and pluralist society.

An upstate pro-business group is out with ratings for the New York Senate and Assembly, and finds, not surprisingly, that more liberal Democrats are at odds with the group's agenda than conservative leaning Republicans.

[24] With the Liberals thus in disarray, Labour won 142 seats in 1922, making it the second largest political group in the House of Commons and the official opposition to the Conservative government.

In New York, former Gov. David Paterson kept sounding the alarm, but state officials from both parties and all the liberal and conservative interest groups ignored him.

An upstate pro business group is out with ratings for the Senate and Assembly, and finds, not surprisingly, that more liberal Democrats are at odds with the group's agenda than conservative leaning Republicans.

It was just two years ago that, as a prospective appointee to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, Kirsten Gillibrand essentially had to audition for liberal interest groups wary of her for her opposition to strict gun control and amnesty for illegal immigrants, the very positions that had made her so popular in her conservative House district upstate.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Rivera, one of the most liberal members of the State Legislature, has reprised his attacks from two years ago: namely that Cabrera — an evangelical pastor — used to be a registered Republican, maintains ties to conservative groups like the Family Research Council and has praised the government of Uganda, which subjects homosexuals to imprisonment.

Here is the image (click it to enlarge) which the Richmond and Twickenham Liberal Democrats have used on their website in the last week to accompany a story accusing both the local Conservatives and a local campaign group of lying about a development issue.

Working in coalition with the new market liberal alliance formed by the British Conservatives and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, the EPP will continue to shape the direction of legislation for the next fi ve years.

The actual figures for the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups combined are 317 today, and 335 after the new peers come in.

«This governor has fancied himself as a sort of fiscal hawk but willing to deal with other issues from a more moderate or liberal perspective,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, citing Mr. Cuomo's conservative - minded moves, like the property tax cap, and his more progressive policies, like same - sex marriage.

Humanist political groups: Conservative Humanist Association; Green Humanist Group — please contact us if you have details of this group; Labour Party Humanist Group; Humanist and Secularist Liberal DemoGroup — please contact us if you have details of this group; Labour Party Humanist Group; Humanist and Secularist Liberal Demogroup; Labour Party Humanist Group; Humanist and Secularist Liberal DemoGroup; Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats

There are numerous other groups, including communists, greens, regionalists, conservatives, liberals and eurosceptics.

As a result of the elections last Thursday Labour now has the largest group of authorities in London at 17, with the Conservatives controlling 11 boroughs, the Liberal Democrats with two and another two boroughs under no overall control.

Conservative interest groups have dumped well over $ 20 million into congressional races so far this year, outspending their liberal opponents 4 to 1 and setting off a growing panic among Democrats struggling to regain the House and hold on to their slim majority in the Senate.