Sentences with phrase «minority opinions in»

the decision parallels the majority and minority opinions in the u.s. tasini decision.

That is a minority opinion in these troubled times.

However, while it is entirely understandable that someone who cares passionately about their craft should resent the focus being pulled to another person's work, this does seem to be the minority opinion in Hollywood, at least for now.

Most economists, for instance, think the economic goal of social organization is to maximize growth, and that the minority opinion in opposition is extremely dangerous.

The minority opinion in the court said patients don't have the right to be kept on life support indefinitely — to insist on treatment that doctors consider no longer to be effective or no longer to be «consistent with the professional standard of care.»

Not exact matches

A recent Biz2Credit survey of more than 1,500 minority business owners from across the country in late March and early April asked for their opinions about the economy overall and their own prospects for success in 2016.

«The record indicates not just a hostility toward Democrat districts, but a hostility to minority districts, and a willingness to use race for partisan advantage,» U.S. District Judges Xavier Rodriguez and Orlando Garcia wrote in their opinion.

In an opinion published on Thursday, Delaware Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard ruled that the social network's minority shareholders are entitled to their day in court over the salaries that Facebook's directors receiveIn an opinion published on Thursday, Delaware Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard ruled that the social network's minority shareholders are entitled to their day in court over the salaries that Facebook's directors receivein court over the salaries that Facebook's directors received.

Yet Gus is in the minority in my opinion.

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

Akbar believed that he needed closer social contacts with the Hindus, for he was of the opinion that Mughal rule in India could not rest for long on the strength of the Muslim minority unless it had the active support of the Hindus.

Rah adds: «Contrary to popular opinion, the church is not dying in America; its is alive and well, but it is alive and well among the immigrant and ethnic minority communities and not among the majority white churches in the United States.»

Sorry — your opinion is in the minority on this.

At the September 1933 World YMCA conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bonhoeffer warned of the «growing persecution of minorities» in Nazi Germany and successfully influenced the delegates to pass a strongly worded resolution condemning the violence against Jews: «We especially deplore the fact that the State measures against the Jews in Germany have had such an effect on public opinion that in some circles the Jewish race is considered a race of inferior status.»

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

In the 1950's and even perhaps into the early 60's the support for civil rights also represented a minority opinion.

The American political system has in fact shown a remarkable ability, for two centuries, to find such accommodations and to allow room for minority beliefs and opinions to flourish.

You Said ----» Also most Sikhs have a problem with so many checks or more checks than the rules dictate because they are a visible minority and it is based on a persons (airport security) opinion and ppl are generally bias, it's like dirty cop syndrome in a way.

Also most Sikhs have a problem with so many checks or more checks than the rules dictate because they are a visible minority and it is based on a persons (airport security) opinion and ppl are generally bias, it's like dirty cop syndrome in a way.

Since Latinos and African Americans are disproportionately Catholic and evangelical, Opinion 385, in effect, reinforces prejudice and discrimination against these ethnic minority groups.

In the view of scientific experts, the recent findings vindicate what used to be the minority opinion of those who referred to cigarettes as «coffin nails» and who otherwise challenged what were commonly viewed as the health benefits of smoking.

The most drastic example of the application of this principle is to he seen in the view of religion which underlies the recently published report of the Laymen's Appraisal Commission on Missions.4 In agreement with the opinions of a minority group among the missionaries, it implies the abandonment of the old methods leading to conversion, which are based upon the conviction of Christianity's possession of absolute religious trutin the view of religion which underlies the recently published report of the Laymen's Appraisal Commission on Missions.4 In agreement with the opinions of a minority group among the missionaries, it implies the abandonment of the old methods leading to conversion, which are based upon the conviction of Christianity's possession of absolute religious trutIn agreement with the opinions of a minority group among the missionaries, it implies the abandonment of the old methods leading to conversion, which are based upon the conviction of Christianity's possession of absolute religious truth.

Next Sunday, in the First Church of Nixie, New York, or the Saint Waldemar's Church of Proxie, Alabama, I am sure the respective ministers will declare that love is a wonderful thing, that Jesus agreed with their opinions; so why doesn't everybody get on the bandwagon and love one another — taking it easy, of course, with Negroes, minority groups, homosexual persons, criminals, the mentally ill, and many others?

But while a Southern Baptist youth pastor may in fact be in the minority in his opinion on marriage and women's roles in the broader culture, he is likely in the majority in his more immediate church culture where he has the most influence and where women and LGBT people may be disadvantaged.

In a world where the law increasingly seems to exist not to protect minority opinion but to impose the sexual or identitarian taste du jour, the uses of these laws are increasingly sinister.

Although ghetto and other poor people are being served by many centers (one condition is that they must give help to anyone within a certain geographic area), minority groups in particular have often viewed such services as being offered by an alien «university whitey» who, in their opinion, fails to consult them about the kinds of services they need.

Differences of opinion regarding strategy, timing, and so on may exist among the members, but each minority is in basic agreement about the nature of the wrong it intends to correct.

In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

As to good uses... the majority of history disagrees with your opinion, simply because of percentages.Atheism is by its very definition an extreme minority among peoples.There simply have not been enough of them to be a serious contributing factor to the progress of mankind.Granted even a blind squirrel gets an acorn once in a while.

This, however, is perhaps the experience of only a minority in secular Western society, although opinion surveys suggest that even there the majority of people believe in the existence of God.

I know I'm in the minority by voicing that opinion but when I saw it live, I thought «damn, that's a pen.»

The opinions and voices of the minorities in the group were mocked and belittled and unfortunately, we had to make the decision to moderate the mob as this post (and a number of others) devolved into ugliness.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

Among those who did, a minority incorrectly assume that if the video was produced in the U.S., it must represent American public opinion or tacit government policy.

If said areas have first - past - the - post voting, a minority opinion population of any given area is basically robbed of being a full participant in a democratic process - the votes of any Republican in NY, or a Democrat in Utah, don't matter at all in terms of Presidential election.

Now, I don't want to be too cynical - if you wanted people to support a constitutional amendment which relinquishes sovereignty to Canada, you'd need a huge amount of social influence over a prolonged period of time; but some of the existing initiatives for constitutional amendments are challenging mostly because of active minority groups applying pressure in both directions rather than staunch popular opinion.

[51] Michael Millar, writing in The Spectator, was of the opinion that «the Equality Bill before parliament today gives employers the right to choose an ethnic minority candidate or female candidate over a white male, specifically because they are an ethnic minority or female.»

The point, as I have mentioned before, is that the mainstream, majority political opinion on Europe in the UK is a minority view across mainland Europe.

In the light of what is happening, the slant of the newspapers, and just by gauging the feel of current public opinion «on the streets» I can not see how Ed Miliband can now shrug off the dire warnings (and fears) of a minority Labour government in hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime MinisteIn the light of what is happening, the slant of the newspapers, and just by gauging the feel of current public opinion «on the streets» I can not see how Ed Miliband can now shrug off the dire warnings (and fears) of a minority Labour government in hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime Ministein hock to the ScotNats, and become Prime Minister.

The Majority and Minority of the legislature and the Governor may have differences of opinion but we are not enemies and should not be working in the middle of the night out of the view of our constituents and the media,» said Tedisco.

The reason, in my opinion, why the tiny minority of racist boneheads may have felt emboldened by the EU vote may have been partly due to morons like you and others who said all leave voters were racists.

In my opinion, the diversity and multiculturalism publicly professed by Western European countries mainly extend to non-European minorities.

I said that in my opinion, the people of the UK were receiving a mixed message from the Labour party because a minority of our MPs had chosen to appear on platforms with the likes of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, prominently on TV hustings, and one even on a boat with Nigel Farage during the ridiculous Thames flotilla.

Lhota trails de Blasio by 50 points in the latest public opinion polls, and does particularly poorly among minority voters, with just 6 percent of black voters and 10 percent of Latino voters.

In my opinion, the search for the ever elusive solution to problems pertaining to minority issues is at the crux of the argument in favor of everyone caring about minority issueIn my opinion, the search for the ever elusive solution to problems pertaining to minority issues is at the crux of the argument in favor of everyone caring about minority issuein favor of everyone caring about minority issues.

THE EDITORS REPLY: Ijjas, Steinhardt and Loeb did raise objections to the theory of inflation, but as the authors pointed out in their February article, their view is a minority opinion.

In my opinion when it comes to creation of wealth, the minority community, in general, has a long way to gIn my opinion when it comes to creation of wealth, the minority community, in general, has a long way to gin general, has a long way to go.

Dr. Boslough has written a minority opinion as Appendix D.» The mysterious «Appendix D» In Appendix D Boslough, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., wrote that he disagreed with the steering committee's reasons for removing the climate datIn Appendix D Boslough, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., wrote that he disagreed with the steering committee's reasons for removing the climate datin Albuquerque, N.M., wrote that he disagreed with the steering committee's reasons for removing the climate data.

Not all locals feel that way... in fact, I might be in the minority with that opinion.

Some of the terrible things that the interracial couples are likely to face in Britain range from the nasty stares and looks from the people who are of the opinion that people from a minority race are not supposed to get involved in a relationship to personal abuse and attacks in different forms.