Sentences with phrase «official positions against»

It wasn't until the 1980's that the various synods of Lutherans took official positions against the antisemitic writings of Martin Luther.

Not exact matches

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

Positioning in the currency markets saw the pound slip in early trade on Wednesday morning before finding its feet and trading mostly flat against the U.S. dollar in the run - up to the official triggering of Article 50 — which kickstarted the negotiations between the U.K. and Brussels shortly before 12:30 p.m. London time.

An official from the local Kurdish authority raised the prospect of a guerrilla campaign against Turkey, saying Kurdish forces were still present across the Afrin region and would «strike the positions of the Turkish enemy and its mercenaries at every opportunity.»

The Ofqual requirement to teach Catholicism in the context of the beliefs and practices of other Christian denominations further undermines the presentation of Catholic teaching in the official course books, especially when other denominations concur with secular society against the Catholic position.

The argument against this modern position, which is often taught in even Catholic colleges to the students of theology, consists first in the stark coherence of St. John, and the spare, intense build - up to a confrontation with the official Jewish mind, or even the expectation of the people themselves, which could never have been the natural development of the mind of any orthodox Jew.

What you can not do is use political power and official govt position to bully and discriminate against those whose views do not agree with yours.

In 1992 he campaigned for a Colorado anti-gay-rights amendment, calling homosexuality «an abomination against almighty God» (Promise Keepers» official position is that homosexuality is a sin which «violates God's design».).

I think the most powerful arguments against unrestricted legal abortion are made by Feminists for Life, which organized in 1972 when the National Organization for Women would not reconsider its official position on abortion.

The five - count complaint against Mr. Silver on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the Assembly speaer to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

Sen. Charles Schumer, who had been leaning heavily toward supporting President Obama's call for military strikes against Syria, made his position official today.

The chief whip in the Lords asked Lord Heseltine to stand down because he voted against the government's official position, it said, adding: «The government would like to warmly thank Lord Heseltine for his service.»

Sam Hoyt, who suddenly resigned his position as regional president of Empire State Development on Monday, reportedly paid a state employee last year to silence her as she pursued an official complaint against him.

A lawsuit that claims the Cuomo administration ignored a DMV employee's sexual harassment allegations against ex-ESDC official Sam Hoyt comes as gender politics and allegations of sexual misconduct are roiling the nation, and the governor, who is viewed as a possible presidential contender in 2020, has appointed more women to top positions.

«Given where the public is at, any elected official who takes a position against ride - sharing services for upstate New York does so at their own political peril,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said.

Not only that, on April 20, 2016, the EFCC under current Acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu further cleared CCT boss through an official letter with reference number EFCC / P / NHRU / 688 / V.30 / 99 which stated inter alia, «We would like to reiterate the Commission's position in regard to this matter as earlier communicated to you and state that the allegations levelled against Justice Umar were mere suspicion and consequently insufficient to successfully prosecute the offence».

The Unite official at the centre of allegations of vote - rigging over the selection of a Labour parliamentary candidate in Falkirk resigned from his position at the Grangemouth power plant after a witch - hunt against trade unionists, Len McCluskey has said.

Stec, who has positioned himself as the state legislature's leading voice on stripping corrupted officials of their pensions, theorized something happened when three men went into a room on March 31, and hours later, the assembly opted against voting on their pension forfeiture bill.

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

The former elected official was running for the unpaid position throughout Corona and Jackson Heights against incumbent George Dixon.

He lambasts the idea of the Lib Dems withdrawing their ministers before the next election; he admits that he might have left his party had they not proved they were serious about governing; he warns against excessive differentiation, from both sides, before 2015; he praises the original Coalition Agreement as «fantastically ambitious»; and he emphasises the importance of spending cuts (alongside further Quantitative Easing and a bit more «investment spending» where possible, which is more or less the government's official position as well).

The decision goes against a recommendation from the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which the US government has adopted as its official position.

Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said Iran would boycott the next Academy Awards «to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet and because of the organizers» failure to take an official position (against the film),» the Iranian Students» News Agency reported.

The key bulwarks against this kind of mission creep are, first, a definitive, public statement from the President - elect on the administration's position on Uncle Sam's role in schools; and, second, absent that, education officials» deep familiarity with today's policy issues and ability to apply conservative principles to them.

Ball also reported that officials with the N.C. School Boards Association have identified private schools across the state that openly discriminate against students and families despite receiving public funding, putting gay parents in the position of having their tax dollars paying for schools that have a policy of refusing admission to their children.

The truth is that Steven Adamowski has already given a deposition in support of Malloy's position and against the interest of Norwalk and all the other communities that are fighting so hard to force Connecticut's elected officials to adopt a fair, equitable and constitutional school funding formula.

Many organizations have adopted official position statements either against feral cat colonies or discouraging the practice under most circumstances.

At the bottom of the official press release introducing the gaming world to Machine Games» Wolfenstein: The New Order, publisher Bethesda Softworks clarified its position on the Nazi regime's attempted genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

While no official position will be presented before the elections, there are little doubts that Germany will come out in favour a binding 2030 renewable energy target — which is critical for investor confidence in the wind energy sector — but the UK is officially against.

To Metropolus, this means interest groups aligned against nuclear power (which is Sierra Club California's official position) should heed the Areva agreement as something to be taken seriously, despite the entrenched political reality.

They also argued that the Court was in a position to give summary judgment against the Claimants based on witness evidence from officials in the UK companies who said that their companies had not been involved in any cartel behaviour.

To be clear, nothing is official and Huawei does not have a position against Android.

McLean also pushed SBAND take an official position opposing Shared Parenting Legislation despite SBAND's one year - old policy against such positions and despite the fact that similar actions two years earlier resulted in SBAND being sued in Federal court.