Sentences with phrase «of black support»

«Your dad lost to Pataki because of a loss of Black support back in 1994 — a campaign you were involved in.»

He is also African - American, and in theory could cut into Mr. de Blasio's base of black support.

What a bunch of crap story, 95 percent of blacks support Obama and regardless of junk stories like this we will vote for Obama.

Sometimes, a reference to the real world is made: in Violent Violets Hanging from Knotted Black (2016), Tomasko paints a violet shape distantly related to the flower, while a skein of black supports it.

Not exact matches

Abrams, who could become the country's first - ever black female governor, describes the realities of growing up in a working class household and providing financial support to numerous family members.

The National Retail Federation said the November result supported its expectation for an overall 4.1 percent jump in holiday season sales - confirming its conclusion that the poor Black Friday showing was a result of a shift in shopping patterns rather than a sign of weakness.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

A conspiracy theorist might envision a gathering of black - robed Jesuit deans in a dark, candle - lit cellar, murmuring quietly among themselves before uttering solemn promises to support the brotherhood.

But the negative remarks were followed by an outpouring of support for the fictional family made up of a black dad, white mom and their young daughter.

But he becomes increasingly anguished when we talk about Starbucks, not because of Schultz's missteps — he's proud of the company for taking a stand — but because it solidified to him how little support there is for black issues in general.

Re: 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results «First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade's thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.

The Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, sent a letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson, city councillors, and Parks Board commissioners yesterday afternoon outlining our organization's support for the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy.

«First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade's thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.

He also supports the David Black Kitimat oil project with associated pipelines or train delivery and supertankers traversing the length of the dangerous Douglas Channel — with its submarine fault line that has already caused several tsunamis down the Channel.

This project is the largest ever for the Black & Veatch's Smart Integrated Infrastructure Team, which also supports Tesla Motors and their channel partners in design and construction of stationary storage systems nationwide.Working with Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), Black & Veatch is building the biggest connected electrical vehicle charging system in the world.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

As annotated on the chart above, $ UNG is holding support of a steep uptrend line (black dotted line), while the 10 - week MA (teal line) is beginning to pull away from the 40 - week MA (orange line) after the bullish crossover a few weeks ago.

I have to be honest and say that I'm a bit taken aback (and a bit hurt) that those of us who were in the streets in the past five years for Black lives didn't receive this type of reception or public support.

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He will lose some support from members of the black population over this issue.

But I do think that black religious leaders have a responsibility, if they can not support gay marriage, to at least support and fight for the secular rights of gay people.

If Romney wins Republican nomination it would be interesting if Obama asked Mitt how he explained his support for the black mans Mormon «Mark - of - Cain» when he was on his LDS mission in the 1960's.

Yes it is, in Californa it was the black church support of Prop 8 that denied gay and lesbians the right to marry after it was upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Blacks are not a monolithic group, but I believe the majority would support a qualified Democrat of any color over a black conservative such as Herman Cain.

Conservative spokesmen have pointed to the «trickling down» of the benefits of economic growth as the ultimate solution to racial problems; they have at times seemed to court the support of segregationist elements; and they remain at this late date without a positive program of action aimed at narrowing the yawning chasm separating the black poor from the rest of the nation.

The lawsuit was against the city of Ferguson, Wilson and former police Chief Tom Jackson because of Ferguson's «culture of hostility» against black people that led to the death of Brown — an accusation supported by the Department of Justice's findings.

The level of dependency on public assistance for basic economic survival has essentially doubled since 1964; almost one - half of all black children are supported in part by transfers from the state and federal governments.

It is also reasonable to ask those blacks who have benefited from special minority programs — such as the set - asides for black businesses — to contribute to the alleviation of the suffering of poor blacks, for without the visible ghetto poor, such programs would lack the political support needed for their continuation.

By wondering if Korean Jesus cares only about Korean problems, Hill pokes fun at the issue which was made a media spectacle in 2008, when the Rev. Jeremiah Wright could be heard preaching that «Jesus was a poor black man» as part of his support for Barack Obama.

Ever since 2002, most of those organizations have insisted that support for campaign - finance restrictions — particularly of the McCain - Feingold sort — is a black mark on a politician's pro-life record (on the grounds that pro-life advertising would be unfairly limited during campaign seasons).

We will never escape the possibility of the Black Swan * no matter how much data we amass in support of our most cherished convictions.

Fighting the unholy black pall of islam, a fight that would be won with such a policy, should be the only thing that matters.For those that will not support such a measure, you are not soldiers against islam.

What had begun as mainline Protestant support for the classic civil - rights movement quickly morphed into liberal Protestant support for black militancy, the most strident forms of anti-Vietnam protest, the most extreme elements of the women's movement and the environmental movement, the nuclear - freeze and similar agitations, and, latterly, the gay - liberation movement.

Still a third national survey (1997) discovered not only that a strong majority of African - Americans (57 percent) and Hispanics (65 percent) favored vouchers, but also that it was precisely the black age group most likely to have children in the public schools (those 26 to 35) who supported vouchers most strongly (86.5 percent!).

I recall quiet Saturday mornings, walking with my father block to block, as he pointed out the landmarks no one else knew: the spot where the Third Avenue El of old stopped (he pointed out the supports hidden beneath the black asphalt); the apartment house where another close - knit family lived in cramped quarters, the three boys studying in dim lights under their mother's watchful eye to become a lawyer, a doctor, and a priest (and later a bishop); and the double spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the place of my parents» wedding and the baptisms of their three boys.

You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.

There are plenty of black and Hispanic clergy who can not refuse to support the right of students to express Christian beliefs — get them to join you.

King Obama has lost support of the Evangelicals, the Catholics, and now Black pastors... He has indeed unified his opposition!

I'm encouraged by the support of these black pastors for traditional marriage.

At the same time, black voters overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008, while more recent polling shows a nearly equal level of support for the president's 2012 reelection.

The reaction of black pastors to the president's support for gay marriage has been as varied as their congregations, ranging from condemnation to congratulations.

Forcing millions of women to have children they can't support, or driving them to Gosnell - style black market clinics, will not do.

With the support of NAACP and also some members of the women's political council (Blacks), he adopted the bus boycott.

In the mid-fifties American Blacks started to support the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

When evangelicals support Phil Robertson, they tell each of us — not just the gay us, the black us; but the fearful us, the harmed us — «I do not, will not love you as Jesus does.»

The trend is the same for black Protestants: 76 percent voted in support of a candidate in 2012, compared to 56 percent in 2016.

But there is a fundamental tradeoff involved here: majority black districts raise the likelihood of the black candidate's success while lowering the probability that his election will bring along white support for his program.

Yet, when (white) Evangelicals support him, I know it is because his invocation of entitlements and welfare resonates with many of their political views, which unfairly tie welfare programs to black bodies.

This is for everyone who stayed home from church yesterday — for every mom of a special needs kid, every survivor of sexual assault, every black or brown body in a predominantly white community, every son or daughter of an immigrant, every defender of the marginalized who just couldn't bring yourself to stand and sing «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» alongside the people you feel sold you out this week, the Christians who supported Donald Trump.

At the beginning of the year, activist Michelle Higgins took the stage at the Urbana missions conference and issued a call to action: all Christians, she said, should support the Black Lives Matter movement.