And
on the controversial issues of the day, we must ask that Rome gives a clear message.
Depending on who you talk to, a new federal report on nuclear waste disposal either offers a start at dealing with a growing problem or merely kicks the can down the road
on the controversial issue of Yucca Mountain.
Then, in January of this year, he took
on the controversial issue of gun control.
On the controversial issue of Britain's?
New York's top court on Tuesday heard arguments
on the controversial issue of aid in dying, and judges seemed skeptical during questions from the bench.
He attempted to strike a middle ground
on the controversial issue of development in The Bronx, stressing that both affordable housing and mixed - income housing are necessary to make the borough a better place to live.
On the controversial issue of raising the minimum hourly wage in New York State to $ 15, Astorino said it «will definitely put businesses out of business,» and added, «Fifteen dollars an hour is a completely arbitrary number with real negative impacts.»
Johanna's election leaflet didn't reveal too much about where she stands
on controversial issues of the day but she's a welcome replacement none the less.
But EPA's draft regulation refused to take a position
on the controversial issue of whether corn - based ethanol or soybean - derived biodiesel actually qualifies as a «renewable fuel» under this standard.
On the controversial issue of hybrid embryos, for instance, he declared «queasiness is not a good reason to prevent research going ahead that is strictly regulated.»
Students are asked to reflect
on the controversial issue of funding for the wedding and whether the British public should pay towards the event of not.
Espinosa
on the controversial issue of loss and damage, following approval of a five - year workplan on the issue at the COP22 climate conference in Marrakesh last year:
Not exact matches
Before taking
on the
issue of race, I decided to look into a subject I thought was less
controversial: the dearth
of women in tech.
While tech companies often lobby Washington
on privacy
issues, the major firms have been hesitant to enter a fray over a
controversial portion
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), industry lobbyists, congressional aides and civil liberties advocates said.
Bringing other provinces
on board with pipeline expansion, plus a variety
of other
controversial issues such as temporary foreign workers, requires a national perspective
on economic growth.
John Kirton, co-director
of the G - 20 Research Group at the University
of Toronto's Munk School
of Global Affairs, called the summit a «very solid success,» pointing to broad agreement
on the agenda, much
of it focusing
on less
controversial issues such as women's empowerment and promoting digitalization.
Following a storm
of criticism
on social media, FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov
issued a statement Wednesday promising that «the new
controversial filters will be removed in the next few hours.»
But the
issue of raising taxes
on the rich is most
controversial in the U.S., where supply - side economics has over 30 years achieved the status
of economic gospel, at least
on the right
of the political spectrum.
If you tweet
on political
issues or other topics that might be seen as
controversial, you'd be well - advised to make it clear your views are yours alone — not those
of your employer.
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On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget
issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use
of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a
controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.
APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the
controversial nature
of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date
on the
issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver...
APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the
controversial nature
of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date
on the
issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver real estate, does not delve into a rigorous academic critique
of these studies.
He is also the author
of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives
on a range
of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place
of women
on boards
of directors, Say -
on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot
of executive compensation, The Troubling Case
of Proxy Advisors, among others.
«As you've seen, getting Congress to agree
on a
controversial issue has not been the forte
of this administration.»
Last January, Giuliani appeared
on Fox News the day after Trump
issued the first version
of his
controversial travel ban against seven Muslim - majority countries.
Interesting Pope for sure — but BTW: None
of his core beliefs differ AT ALL from the two previous Popes, it's just that his communication style is more focused
on everyone's common ground — the other Popes had the same beliefs, it just that they were more outspoken
on the
controversial issues — so the media did not warm to them as much.
Other Christians invoke images
of persecution when someone disagrees with them
on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose «The Myth
of Persecution» was recently released.
Even in my home state
of Michigan, the campus Muslim Center and its director, an academic
on the faculty at the University, were not willing to have me survey them
on even such a non
controversial issue as consumption behavior.
Summary, those who pride themselves
on their openness and diversity typically are blind to their own narrow - mindedness, bigoted bias, and lack
of willingness to consider true diversity — respect
of people who differ from your opinion, particularly
on controversial issues.
Instead, they want the church to change its position
on some very
controversial and contentious
issues (a key example is the gay / lesbian push for acceptance
of a sinful behavior), and that's not going to happen... most especially not in the Roman Catholic Church or Eastern Orthodox Church.
(CNN)-- Reverend O'Neal Dozier, pastor
of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, joined CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin to discuss some
controversial statements he has made in the past
on social
issues.
In today's divided moral landscape, with thoughtful, well - meaning people
on both sides
of every
issue, there's no better way to show that you're a serious thinker than by acknowledging that every
controversial issue is «complex.»
I suppose it isn't as >
controversial < as a story
of someone who wants to get over a personal
issue without having to rely
on a two thousand year old irrelevant system
of authority disguised as morality.
Europe now has dozens
of laws to stop Christians from speaking out
on controversial issues, not just in public spaces but in pulpits and private conversations as well, enforced vigorously through the criminal code.
In a widely read and discussed essay in the Summer 2002
issue of Policy Review, Robert Kagan analyzed the increasingly rancorous relationship between the United States and Europe in terms favored by the so - called neoconservatives who have exercised such a decisive (and
controversial) influence
on the foreign policy
of the Bush Administration since September 11, 2001.
Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested
on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» —
of gays and lesbians are the subject
of controversial referenda; and
issues of multiculturahsm, freedom
of expression and «political...
Thomas was vocal and
controversial on issues of his times.
We [evangelicals] wait until there is general consensus in society before we speak
on controversial issues in a pattern
of «me - too - ism» that makes us almost like contemporary ancestors
of the present generation.
CNN: Santorum co-chair: Homosexuality «makes God want to vomit» Reverend O'Neal Dozier, pastor
of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, joined CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin to discuss some
controversial statements he has made in the past
on social
issues.
Finally, a new collection
of 14 essays, Progressive Muslims:
On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism (Oneworld), illuminates the breadth
of the honest intellectual engagement with which many Muslim scholars today address critical and
controversial issues.
Jeremy i think we get tripped up
on this fixation
on sin especially over the homosexual debate its
controversial the
issue really is about control
of our hearts.We can not serve two masters either it is Jesus Christ or the God
of this world.If you resolve that
issue then sin isnt the problem.brentnz
Apparently few people were ready to take
on such a
controversial issue, especially since those tangled in the web
of prosecution and incarceration seemed to be mostly young black men.
I think a lot
of people expected him to be more liberal than he has been, but he sees his role as keeping the church together when it divides
on controversial issues like women priests and gay clergy.
Priests and others are reluctant to talk about
controversial areas
of morality, especially the «pelvic
issues», with the result that the main influence
on Catholic thinking
on those
issues comes from the surrounding culture.
As Arizona's
controversial SB 1062 lands
on the desk
of Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, the exclamation mark this outgoing politician will leave with her pen underscores whether she believes the bill is a distraction from core
issues or a necessary step to protect religious freedom.
Yet another example: the monetary health
of denominational bureaucracies is delicately dependent
on harmony with the prevailing ethos
of the culture with respect to «
controversial issues.»
Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing
of religion and politics, it contains three
of the most
controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name
of God within the realm
of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides
on certain
issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer
of the Universe.
SIDE NOTE: Why did Americans have to wait until the completion
of his term in office to find out what his beliefs were
on such a
controversial issue?
Most metropolitan councils in fact have been essentially conservative, white - dominated, establishment - run organizations that engaged in nothing more radical than sponsorship
of the training
of clergy in hospital visitation or publication
of a hesitant statement
on some
controversial issue.
Conservative adaptation shows up in the studied silence (one writer called it trivialization) maintained
on controversial issues, and in the pervasive rhetoric
of retrieval — the old ways, doctrines or distinctive denominational traditions.