Tony Lloyd MP Labour MP for Manchester Central and Labour candidate for police commissioner Gay
marriage debate Like Nick Herbert (TP, June), I believe the Conservative Party has moved on and I am expecting a majority of colleagues to support gay marriage.
Not exact matches
You don't think the «elephant in the room» of OUR time is the fact that we awkwardly pretend affirmative action isn't racist; abortion isn't murder; people compare the gay
marriage debate to 300 + years of black slavery, oppression, and / or murder; and the major political parties act
like Ron Paul doesn't exist?
The CNN
debate opened with discussions on economic issues, but later veered toward faith - based matters
like the role of religion in candidates» decision making, abortion, gay
marriage — and how the United States ought to treat Muslims living within its borders.
In that sense, the Presbyterian
debates do not feel
like friendly arguments over the breakfast table, or even the more heated kinds of exchanges that might take place in the presence of a
marriage counselor.
There is an increasing attempt by churches belonging to different confessional families, groupings of those oriented in a particular theological direction, or even by individual churches themselves, to engage in bilateral or multilateral dialogues, where specific issues regarding the doctrines and practices that continue to be both theological and practical irritants,
like the practice of Baptism or the existence of mixed
marriages are discussed, analysed and
debated, and attempts made to produce consensus documents for further study and action.
In this framework, issues
like covenant
marriage vows, home ownership, gun ownership, home birth, homeschooling, family business, family farming, hospitality, home - based healthcare and yes, even the
debate over raw milk, can all be decided in the light of God's Word under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Earlier today, he told the Daily News that he would be «pushing very very hard for issues
like same - sex
marriage to not be pre-determined in a smoke - filled room, but to let it air out in full
debate on the Senate floor as soon as possible.»
Let's see if Labour brings this business -
like approach to the continuing gay
marriage debate.
NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a
debate over same - sex
marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents,
like affordable health care and school overcrowding.
Like opponents of gay
marriage, the Common Core victory seemed so overwhelming that they hardly felt the need to engage in
debates to defend it.
They've also created signage about warmongering politicians, the
marriage - equality
debate, and gender inequality in industries
like tech, film and music.
For artists tackling today's hot topics
like immigration,
marriage equality and the enduring
debates over abortion and gun rights, «This Will Have Been» exhibits crucial evidence of artists» contributions to the struggles of an era as troubled as our own.
That of course is a moral (as opposed to scientific)
debate, just
like whether abortion or gay
marriage should be legal.