Sentences with phrase «liberal voice in»

«Britain needs a liberal voice in Government, one that'll speak out when Labour or the Conservatives go too far.

There is clear demand for a strong liberal voice in British politics and the only party with the instincts at its core to deliver this is the Lib Dems.

Greenberg says when Mario Cuomo gave his speech in 1984, the address put him on the map as the national liberal voice in opposition to then President Ronald Reagan's conservative policies.

The liberal voices in the churches have long been reluctant to say anything too critical about fundamentalists, on the grounds that they have every right to live by the beliefs they feel most comfortable with.

Weiner, a New York Democrat who is one of the leading liberal voices in the House, blamed the photo on a hacker who got control of his social networking accounts.

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Amidst reports that the team favored liberal news outlets and supressed conservative voices, Facebook in August ditched human editors for algorithms.

Everywhere we went there was an appetite for a strong Federal Liberal party to represent the interests of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who feel like their voice is not heard in our Confederation.

Supporters of the Alberta Party have taken to social media to voice their annoyance with Liberal Party plans to run a candidate, likely John Roggeveen, in Calgary - Elbow, where Alberta Party leader Greg Clark is also running.

VANCOUVER — The Site C dam review panel's decision to include vital independent voices in their environmental review is a victory of common sense over Liberal interference, say the New Democrats.

It has been around almost eighty years and, like America and the main voice of liberal Protestantism, Christian Century, it has an entrenched base in library and other institutional subscriptions established over generations.

Voices on all sides of the religious and political spectrum have begun to recognize — not least because of the increased presence of Islam in Western societies — that a purely secular, liberal approach to public discourse is not sustainable in a world increasingly shaped by religions.

These are a few ways in which liberal voices are making a positive response to the dangers they observe in the rise of Christian fundamentalism.

Unlike old - time liberals who busied themselves with finding «contradictions» in the Bible, and unlike fundamentalists who busied themselves with trying to explain away those «contradictions», these Bible readers see a series of robust arguments among the many voices of scripture.

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 time has come, and is indeed overdue, for the liberal voice to be heard loud and clear in the churches, even if it does lead to some controversy.

But religious voices (conservative and liberal, Christian and non-Christian) must be included in the curricular conversation, not to save religion, but to be consistent with our educational, political and constitutional principles.

A liberal in a conservative administration, Linsky became an important inside voice for more liberal issues that would otherwise have received little attention.

The preference for a male may be unspoken or obliquely voiced by search committees, especially in liberal Protestant denominations where «it is totally unacceptable to refuse» pastor candidates because of gender, race or ethnicity and it is «frowned upon» to make age or marital status an issue, said the study, published last year as part of the Pulpit & Pew project at Duke Divinity School.

Scruton believes that Clinton made a fundamental mistake in portraying those who disagreed with the liberal establishment view as intolerant bigots who have no place, and thus no voice, in modern society.

That is the editorial voice of the Washington Post which, on this subject as well as most others, is temperate compared with many others in the liberal establishment.

I thought this was a remarkably balanced piece, giving several paragraphs to the conservative preacher who worked with the Heritage Foundation in addition to more liberal voices.

Sherman Jackson is an influential voice in the Muslim American community, and his endorsement of liberal - pluralist constitutionalism resists Islamic extremism that poses as religious integrity and helps Muslims in the United States to affirm our way of life, which their natural sympathies incline them to do.

Then, in the cultural and intellectual revolution of the post-conciliar years, he was seen as a conservative because he criticised the liberal theology and catechetics that now became dominant, and he warned that influential voices in the Church were failing to teach the full, orthodox doctrine and morality of Catholicism.

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.

I believe myself to be both evangelical and liberal in my disposition as a Christian; but I know what my friends mean when they call me «liberal» and what my enemies mean when they say that a liberal is really a «radical,» just as I know what they all mean when they voice either admiration or suspicion of «the evangelicals.»

The Rev. Gomes again: «The victims would have themselves a victim; the lawyers would be able to proceed without credible opposition in the search for compensation; liberal voices for reform in the Church would see a nemesis removed; and the press would have brought down a mighty figure in a near - Watergate victory with Pulitzers all around.»

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You could be an Atheist, a liberal Mensa member since 1983 living in Omaha who has served in the US Navy for a long time; like MIROSOL posted on his blog or if you pay taxes so your voice is heard like KEVIN post says he must do in his blog, I bet you that over 30 % of your income is still required by the US tax laws.

The most striking example of this liberal angst is a lengthy editorial that appeared in a June issue of Forward, a publication which, for over a century, has been the most important voice of secular and politically left - of - center New York Jews.

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 Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrat front benches have all voiced serious concerns about the humanitarian situation in Yemen and called for an immediate suspension of arms sales.

New Westchester County Executive George Latimer said no Democrat or Republican, no conservative, liberal or moderate, need fear their voice won't be heard as he was ceremonially sworn in Sunday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

With Labour effectively mute, the Liberal Democrats diminished and Ukip still frighteningly appealing, we lack clear strong voices in favour of economic pragmatism.

If the Liberal Democrats can ensure that their party structures operate so as to allow a clear voice to come through, they have every chance of putting forward a distinctive manifesto at the next election - one that will, in all likelihood, put it closer to a reformed Labour Party, should the Alternative Vote deliver another hung parliament.

It is also surprising that the Liberal Democrats, given their interest in constitutional reform and the possibility of federal approaches to «home rule all round» have not sought to have a stronger public voice on English representation since the Scottish vote.

Every Liberal Democrat elected in May makes our voice louder.

Again, while the SNP has gained many votes and seats, hundreds of thousands of Scottish Liberal Democratic, Conservative and Labour voters have no representation in Scotland — apparently denying a voice in parliament to the Scottish unionist position.

«Of course there are lessons to be learned, and the lesson I have learned listening to people on the doorsteps is that people want a louder Liberal Democrat voice in government.»

Despite their manifesto and longstanding commitment to a secular state, no voices were heard in opposition to the retention of the bishops from Liberal Democrat benches.

Put brutally, his alcoholism disarmed Britain's liberal left of a key voice at a key time in our national fortunes.

London Mayor Boris Johnson recently added his voice to demands for gay weddings while at the Gay Pride festival in London saying: «If the Conservatives and Liberals can get together in a national coalition and settle their differences, I don't see why you can't have gay marriage».

Cuomo was not quite distancing himself from his father, a former three - term governor who had been a liberal voice during the Democratic Party's wilderness years in the Reagan era, but he wasn't embracing the brand of politics either.

The Liberal Democrats will work with any and every party in the UK parliament to make Gibraltar's voice heard and deliver this objective.

A conservative Cornell University student says she was harassed and threatened after she appeared on a Fox News segment last year and voiced objections to what she saw as liberal bias in coursework at the prestigious upstate school.

The Liberal Democrats «lost their voice» in the first year of the coalition, the party's leader has admitted.

Liberal Democrats «lost their voice» in the first year of the coalition, the party's leader Nick Clegg admits.

As Nick Clegg recently affirmed, «If this referendum campaign, in a slightly gloves - off manner, has dramatised the fact that the Liberal Democrats are the progressive voice of this coalition, then it is not a bad thing in the long run.»

«Whether it's helping young people in rural areas find work, or ensuring those with mental health difficulties have effective support, our liberal voice is needed now more than ever.

Wales needs the progressive, pragmatic, and reforming voice of Welsh Liberal Democrats in the Assembly and in Westminster to give us an exit from Brexit, a fresh look on creating more and better paid jobs, protecting our environment, and delivering on Kirsty Williams» education reforms.

Liberal Democrats Chris Huhne and Vince Cable, in their pre-coalition careers, also voiced some sympathy.