Sentences with phrase «lives of members of the public»

Given the importance of decisions taken by public servants in the lives of members of the public, their integrity is a legitimate concern....

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But we are living in a world where this government has promoted an attitude to life which now aspires not simply to referee public behavior but to control the very thoughts we have and to decide on that basis whether we are legitimate members of society or not.

The 112th U.S. Congress remains solidly Protestant, accounting for 56.8 % of the members of the House and the Senate, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

In other chapters, Wuthnow examines further significant questions, such as who goes to church or not, why different religious traditions are gaining and losing members, faith and the Internet, recent trends in religious beliefs and spirituality, the role of families in faith formation, and generational differences when it comes to religion and public life.

The members of today's intense religious groups and not a few members of the larger public like to get even closer to home, rubbing texts like these into contemporary Christian consciousness: «Now great multitudes accompanied Jesus; and he turned and said to them, «If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he can not be my disciple»» (Luke 14:25 f.).

Midge Decter is Distinguished Fellow at the Institute on Religion and Public Life and a member of the Editorial Board of First Things.

The public acknowledgment by a Pope that certain actions taken in the past by members of the Catholic Church were in error, and caused damage to others which needs to be repented by those members of the Church now living, appears to be largely, if not completely unprecedented.

If there is any public policy proposition that a pluralistic system must agree upon — for the protection of all its members — it is that human life must be immune from arbitrary violation by other humans.

I was privileged to be invited to Westminster Hall, where, in an extraordinary moment of British history, the Pope was to address Members of Parliament and a great gathering of men and women in public life from across Britain.

Just as the state is called by God to an irrevocable task of doing public justice, so also is the institutional church called by God to proclaim the Gospel in its fullness, administer the sacraments and to ensure that its members are living up to their calling before the face of God, who has redeemed them in Jesus Christ.

As John Diggins points out in The Lost Soul of American Politics, the public longs to recover a sense that its members live under the guidance of a transcendent moral center, and they want to utilize such a center as an anchor from which they can exercise their democratic freedoms.

Life lived long enough and fully enough in the pastoral office gives rise to a way of seeing in depth and of creating new realities that is an indispensable gift to the church, to all who are members of it, and indeed to public life and to the woLife lived long enough and fully enough in the pastoral office gives rise to a way of seeing in depth and of creating new realities that is an indispensable gift to the church, to all who are members of it, and indeed to public life and to the wolife and to the world.

In fact, if Christian witness in public life is the goal, this teaching ministry is to be preferred to the clerical leaders of the church controlling the decisions and activities of their lay members by communal dictate which is usually based on communal minority self - interests and rights and not on concern for the total neighbourhood.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

The biblical understanding of national life was based on the notion of community with charity for all the members, a community, a community supported by public and private virtue.

Significantly, alongside this theological development the term person had also evolved in the secular sphere, and had come to be applied to all members of society with civil and legal rights, to all who could be designated as actors in the drama of public life.

Peter L. Berger is Senior Advisor of the Institute on Religion and Public Life and a member of the Editorial Board of First Things.

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I'd also like to add, and this is no laughing matter, that members of the public get brain damage and have never headed a ball in their life

The Green Inspiration Programme has been created to help European Athletics achieve its «Your Sport for Life» vision and to promote European Athletics» championships by involving members of the public in sustainability activities linked to the events.

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Mass Audubon President Henry Tepper noted the photography competition helps members and the broader public to understand that a healthy environment is important to our collective quality of life.

PA members create programs and events with the surrounding Cincinnati community that convey the spirit of Waldorf education, enhancing community life and public relations for CWS.

Members from all political parties gathered in the House of Commons earlier this week to debate harassment in public life.

Plot: The film follows the life and assignation of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 1970s.

More than 40 per cent of police officers have felt their life was in serious danger after being threatened by a member of the public, a new survey reveals.

The Local Organising Committee wishes to state that the anniversary events are open to all members of the public and indeed every 31st December and June 4th event in the past have been open to members of the public from all walks of life.

Even members of the public whose online activities are entirely «innocent» should consider the benefits they derive from living in a society in which others can exercise freedoms of speech and association in order to hold power accountable.

Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.

Law abiding members of the public at Naka general area, and other communities in Gwer West LGA and indeed the entire good people of Benue State are hereby reassured of the professional resolve of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to protect lives and properties of all Nigerians.

It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service as a public interest lawyer and now as a member of the New York State Assembly.

Committee Members work with community groups, residents, and city agencies to monitor public safety and quality of life issues.

Members of Parliament (MEPs), scrutinise the credentials of Commissioners - designate via a series of 3 - hour public - hearings, where candidates are grilled on their qualifications, knowledge of their proposed portfolios, inter-personal and communication skills and indeed, their political and personal lives.

Looking Up: Proud Boys backlash is justified Miriam Axel - Lute wrote that members of the «alt - right» Western supremacist group deserved to face real - life consequences after posting about their membership in a public forum.

Over the course of her public life, she has served as Vice Chair of the Westchester County Democratic Committee, Chair of the Black Democrats of Westchester, member of the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus (Mt. Vernon Chapter) and State Committee Woman representing the 88th AD.

A policeman's life is worth more than a member of the public's life.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in AmericOF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof dementia in America.

STONE RIDGE, N.Y. >> Members of SUNY Ulster's Class of 2018 on Saturday were encouraged by WABC television anchor Bill Ritter not to be swayed by public officials who live in a world of «alternative facts.»

While reassuring FCT residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, the Command advises the media always verify the information at their disposal before going on air to avoid spreading information that is capable of misleading members of the public.

And the differences are even sharper when totals are adjusted for the cost of living in members» districts, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of data maintained by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, the state comptroller's office, the Empire Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Members of the public are hereby enjoined to go about their lawful duty as the Command is determined in ensuring adequate security of lives and property in Kogi State.

Nearly 1.8 million residents live in districts without a current Assembly member or state senator, according to a fact sheet from Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Fire can however be opened if the life of a soldier, any law abiding member of the public and / or property of which it is our duty to protect is in grave danger; fire must be aimed and controlled.

During the public comment portion of Wednesday's Common Council meeting, speakers — to the applause of audience members — cited numerous studies in support of the positive impacts of a living wage.

And it's so complex and weird that most most members of the public - or anyone with a healthy social life - would not understand how it works.

On her own life, Harman claimed to be a normal member of the public, despite her long parliamentary career.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union have launched a campaign to increase their pay to the «London living wage» of # 7.85 an hour.

AG Eric Schneiderman is investigating the Buffalo Police Department's use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments, after a complaint filed by members of Black Lives Matter Buffalo and other community groups accused the department of engaging in a «repeated, persistent and widespread pattern of unconstitutional policing.»

It's an unmentioned irony that if government wasn't in the business of ordaining public life to some extent, massive middle - income housing blocks like this one wouldn't exist and the Brownstone Republicans might be squeezing into one of their members» own homes.

Do I think that it would be a good idea if parliament delivered a House of Lords that had people who were elected by you — the members of the public — to pass the laws that we all have to live by?