Sentences with phrase «liberal stance in»

Genworth tends to take a more liberal stance in regard to weight than most other companies do.

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The Conservatives are in a full identity crisis now, and will have to figure out if they want to play tough with the U.S. and go back to the Sir John A. MacDonald days of a National Policy — essentially copying Trump's Buy American stance with a Buy Canadian — or if they want to follow the pro-free trade Mulroney - Harper path, which is more likely but offers less differentiation from the Liberals.

More recently, Harper has tried to stake out the middle ground in the health care debate, advancing a policy that not only mimics the Liberals» stance, but goes beyond the governing party's plans in terms of expanding the publicly funded system.

The election of liberal Moon Jae - in to the presidency heralds a softer stance on North Korea and restores domestic stability.

As for the Mormons, did you know that the founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith, was considered a radical in his day because of his extremely liberal stance concerning blacks and slavery?

The magazines move from the strongly traditional viewpoint of Moody Monthly (a viewpoint carrying on the social ethic of late nineteenth century American revivalism), through the moderately conservative stance of Christianity Today (a stance that seeks perhaps unconsciously to revive the social activism of American fundamentalism prior to the repeal of Prohibition and the Scopes trail), to the socially liberal commitment of The Reformed Journal (a position seeking to be contemporary, and yet faithful to Calvin's thought) and the socially radical perspective of Sojourners (a perspective molded in the Anabaptist tradition).

It seems a liberating (and liberal) stance to say that we are all born in grace, but it contradicts both Scripture and Tradition.

Remnant charismatic groups in mainline Protestant circles persist, sometimes identifying with socially conservative renewal groups that oppose progressive leaders in mainline denominations, attacking their liberal social stances.

In theory, they can have their own married priests, parishes and bishops - and they will be free of liturgical interference by liberal Catholic bishops who are unsympathetic to their conservative stance.

He was wrong about married bishops, but dead right to home in on the fact that those within the ordinariates «will be free of liturgical interference by liberal Catholic bishops who are unsympathetic to their conservative stance».

The «faithful» should oppose gun proliferation with all of their body and soul for they have been sold a false «bill of goods» in the pro-gun stance of the republican party which was originally devised to stampede the liberals into a gun ban, a scheme that did not work, but greatly increased the danger of the «faithful» being physically exterminated by these guns at some time in the future.

The WA Liberal Dennis Jensen said Labor's change in stance on foreign investment was more to do with Rudd's preference deal with Katter in Queensland than policy.

Admittedly, even in the face of their stances on social and cultural matters, some have tried to defend UKIP's liberal credentials.

The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

In the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforIn the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforin particular, to the party's stance on electoral reform.

The Deputy Prime Minister has reiterated his stance that the Liberal Democrats do not support David Cameron's plans to hold an in - out referendum on Britain's EU membership by 2017.

[T] here is no in stance of sustained defiance of the Court among liberal democracies, despite the absence of meaningful coercion, impact - minimizing behavior is pervasive.

Mr. Díaz has often complained that social conservatives like himself — he takes more liberal stances on fiscal issues — are alienated in the city political establishment.

The group, along with CitizenLink and its coalition of state - based family policy councils, questioned Trump's stances on issues such as abortion and same - sex marriage (which tended in the past to be liberal) as well his gambling and casino interests.

Yet, gun control politics (and other related issues of weapon ownership, self - defense, etc) are the opposite of this; liberal beliefs are about lowering the amount of weapons available to the individual and in overall society, while the conservative stance is about granting more freedom of ownership.

With UKIP gaining ground, and an anti-immigration stance looking like the winning ticket, the once socially liberal David Cameron became increasingly authoritarian in immigration policy and discourse.

On 26 April 2017, it was announced that the local Liberal Democrat party had chosen to not field a candidate in the seat during the upcoming snap election, endorsing Caroline Lucas instead due to their shared pro-EU stance.

This implies that Mr Clegg will be prepared to see those who defected to the Liberal Democrats from Labour in recent years because of the third party's stance on issues such as the Iraq war and tuition fees peel away by the next election.

The councilman would enter the race with little name recognition and — despite his liberal social stances — a tremendous disadvantage as a Republican candidate in a deep - blue city.

As The New York Times noted in a news story, «the Obama administration is taking a more socially conservative stance on Plan B, one closer to that of the Bush administration than to many of its own liberal supporters.»

So when Pearson, after being rocked by the death of his unrepentant jailbird uncle (Danny Glover), has his revelation, it's to say that all people who have not been «saved» (i.e. accepted Jesus as their savior, i.e. given themselves to this specific Christianity) are not going to hell — that in fact there is no such place as hell, that a just and loving God wouldn't send people to hell — it's not exactly a bold and liberal stance.

Shanker thought of himself as a liberal, indeed a Socialist; but for many liberals he seemed a racist conservative, as he maintained his fierce anti-Communist stance, supported American military power in defense of democracy, and insisted on the primacy of the trade - union movement in making a better society.

Even workers» rights divided liberals: with the rise of identity politics, and the shift of blue - collar voters to Nixon in protest of liberals» anti-Vietnam war and pro — affirmative action stance, trade union issues lost their pristine value to many liberals.

Bush's liberal fans would argue that a candidate's specific issue stances can evolve once in the White House, so his or her general disposition matters.

But neither are we impressed by the simplistic portrayal of Bush's stance, especially when the US's regulation of embryonic SC research is mirrored in the policies of a host of European nations, including such models of Liberal democracy as Germany and Denmark.

After a nail biting election, the Conservatives are now in a power sharing arrangement with the Liberal Democrats (who are known for a tougher stance on climate change and CO2), and the Guardian reports that in their very first announcement the coalition renewed the Conservatives pledge of support to the 10:10 Campaign.

Noseworthy's consumer protection stance continues the hard line taken by Premier Christy Clark when the Liberals became embroiled in real estate controversy for failing to provide the needed regulation framework to stop shadow - flipping by real estate agents.

Earlier, if users had to make any change in the appearance of default apps, they had to Jailbreak their devices, but now it seems that Apple has adopted a bit liberal stance and allows users to customize some of its features.