Sentences with phrase «means of advocating»

The simplest answer is to move from an adolescent means of protecting yourself to an adult means of advocating for yourself.

As a first line of defense of a dog's temperament, and as a means of advocating responsible dog ownership, the CGC has been recognized by the Louisiana State Legislature and has been signed into Law.

State legislatures began recognizing the CGC program as a means of advocating responsible dog ownership and 34 states now have a Canine Good Citizen resolution.

And what is more: the Commissioner's network is itself a means of advocating for the wider privatization of schools.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers and advocates expressed concern Friday that Sessions could sideline or undo the Obama administration's civil rights efforts, which have included investigations of police departments for unconstitutional practices and lawsuits meant to protect the rights of transgender individuals and black voters.

The scheduled attendees of the conference encompass a wide variety of experts, ranging from medical professionals, hospice advocates, scholars, religious and spiritual leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and business men and women interested in learning how an understanding of death and dying can help them live lives of greater purpose and meaning.

Though some advocates have suggested using teaspoons (that Coke can has 15 teaspoons of sugar), the FDA has proposed that labels list the percent daily value for added sugars, which means the amount of added sugar you are advised to consume each day in your diet.

That means Millennials can become especially powerful cross-generational advocates of brands — as well as influential critics.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

But gun control advocates doubt that Trump really means what he says, after he ran for office warning that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, would remove the constitutional right to bear arms and he rode into the White House with the firm backing of the NRA, which opposes most attempts at real change.

UPDATE: Just because I believe in the power of social proof does not mean that I advocate being a lemming when one makes an investment.

Do I personally agree with the author, to some extent, I think the 1 / 10th rule is a bit extreme almost to the point of being silly but at the same time I am a vocal advocate of living below your means so whatever gets the job done.

It means restoring honest, rigorous policy debate, advocating for more formal representation of women and minority groups, and challenging the retreat of government from investing in our communities.

There are a few good reasons that the Investment Masters haven't been advocating bonds; they're expensive, the return profile is asymmetric, there's no upside participation, prices have been manipulated, and a bout of unexpected inflation would mean some seriously permanent capital losses.

Privacy advocates say that means trouble for Canada's ability to shield sensitive information such as health or financial data from the prying eyes of foreign agencies by storing it in computer servers on Canadian soil.

The same day of Phillips» speaking engagement, a class of about 30 Soldiers in the Sexual Assault Response and Coordinator / Victim Advocates course on Joint Base Lewis - McChord graduated from the intensive program meant to help service members like Phillips.

Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your dead ancestor's name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to accept your religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit of freedom of religion in what it advocates.

Mr. Ham is something of an extremist in his views, and advocating a form of creationism that, if true, would seem to mean that God has deceived us by creating a universe that doesn't align with at least some of the causal relationships science has identified.

Refusing to advocate a best regime does not mean, of course, that one simply demurs when it comes to normative judgment.

It violates our most basic God - given rights just as Jesus would not advocate aggressive preemptive wars killing thousands of innocent civilians as a means of attaining peace.

So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

I am not advocating a return to the status quo ante when Christian belief and life were carried on as if our neighbor were significant only as a means to learn the love of God.

1 Timothy 4:1 - 3 — But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

That doesn't mean Religion should be expelled from the public life, as some would - be-little-hitlers advocate, it does however mean that the Church should be independent of the state and conversely the state, and its citizens independent of the Church.

But he was also an advocate of Christians embracing Christianity, which meant a strong Christian tenor to American society in general.

There are times when it is hard to accept that advocates of legal abortion mean what they say.

Again, I am not advocating living under the law as a means of salvation, which is what Paul was addressing in Galatians.

But that still doesn't mean I delight in his death,» said Smith, the associate director of Dignity USA, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ Catholics.

He suggests two other points of view, and proposes that the chaplain be their advocate in the professional mix: a focus on meaning, arguing that the mentally ill have lost or have never found meaning in life (Tillich, Frankl); and a focus on morals, suggesting that a violation of moral obligation or social responsibility accounts for mental distress (Mowrer, Boisen).

This means Christians working for and advocating the redistribution of goods and services so that poor people can experience a positive, productive quality of life.

When abortion - rights advocates and their allies ask why the abortion issue will not just go away, they really mean to ask why, given the stark reality of Roe, the pro-life movement has not dissipated and retreated into the history books.

The principal critics of practical theology therefore advocate a radical rejection of modern questions about reason and practice in favor of a discussion in which the most important questions about the meaning and validity of the Christian message are assumed, precisely so that the details can be intelligently debated.

However, I do not take this to mean that it is necessarily a healthy choice, nor that I should no longer advocate being a part of a local congregation.

As the actual Church in fact does not fulfill it, does not advocate concrete social demands energetically enough, does not dissociate itself radically or quickly enough from dying social forms, does not stigmatize nuclear warfare profoundly enough (all this according to the opinion of these Christians, which objectively is by no means necessarily false), they experience one disappointment after another in regard to the Church, protest against it, hurt and irritated, and turn into lay defeatists.

This is not meant to advocate an integralism of piety according to which one is a good Christian only if all one's actions are reflected and integrated into theoretical norms; it does not mean that all realized freedom must be passed as it were through the filter of reflection in order to be responsible action.

I am certain that he never meant to hurt anyone, and I believe Jared when he says he had no intention of advocating harsh male dominance, and in fact intended to advocate the opposite.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Socialism any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

Just because pro-choice advocates make these arguments does not mean that courts (the same courts that are ready to overrule Roe) are likely to discover abortion rights under a statute that does not even mention abortion and that was enacted with the support of pro-life groups like the National Association of Evangelicals and the Mormon Church.

In their battle against spiritual exploitation and cultural disintegration, Indian leaders can teach those who listen the meaning of the sacred, and perhaps find hope and encouragement among conscientious new advocates and friends.

The word «advocate» in 1st John 2:1 is the Greek parakletos and means «one who pleads another's cause before a judge, a pleader; an intercessor, of Christ in His exaltation at God's right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins» (SOURCE: ENHANCED STRONG»S LEXICON).

They insist that Christianity means advocating economic reforms aimed at greater global justice, or full scale disarmament, or the preservation of species, or gender equality, or racial integration, etc..

Jewish ethnic and religious survival thus depends on the active choice of Jews to advocate Judaism in authentically Jewish ways» which means Jews must actively choose to be chosen.

The decline of the party press and subsequently of political parties themselves as primary means of communication with voters limits the viability of the liberal theory of the press as a pluralistic ideological advocate.

What I am advocating is not a pneumatic or devotional exegesis in which we simply read meanings into the text under the inspiration of the Spirit.

dissidentfairy stated, «Vilan, I mean AnVil: Actually Vilan was a typo but I sort of thought it had a nice ring to it since you always like to play devils advocate:)»

Undoubtedly the Churches are still making stupid mistakes in order to defend their own way of life and their own freedom by means that seem to deny their respect for the freedom of others, or which give the impression that we advocate freedom only where we do not have the power to keep it for ourselves.

Vilan, I mean AnVil: Actually Vilan was a typo but I sort of thought it had a nice ring to it since you always like to play devils advocate:) Radiometric dating involving C - 14 seems to be the method of choice.

James Madison, that staunch advocate of free speech, insisted that the right of people to speak and to listen is not an end in itself, but is a means of achieving «popular government,» by which he meant the democratic process whereby people have the opportunity to take a real part in the decisions which affect their lives.

She was a staunch advocate of individual rights, which obviously means no murder.