Sentences with phrase «opposed equal rights»

They're not «voting their conscience,» anymore than racists were voting theirs when they opposed equal rights.

And the same who opposed equal rights for women.

It seems that you are to oppose equal rights for gays since it appears that more Christians choose negative Bible verses about gays than those who choose the Golden Rule.

«Rather than speaking up and speaking out against discrimination in all its forms, after years of silence on same sex marriages, Donovan has chosen to oppose equal rights for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.

To wit, D'Souza goes to the Democrat Party Headquarters and compares their platform of equality and social justice to their history of supporting slavery and opposing equal rights, and how they've been able to rebrand themselves by denying their transgressions and recycling their tactics of intimidation.

Not exact matches

The open letter never mentions President Trump by name, instead stating Under Armour's values in diversity, equal rights, job creation, and opposing Trump's executive order travel ban.

Blacks alongside gays, alongside Hispanics, alongside the poor and the middleclass??? Shouldn't we all band together in a common cause - to be recognized and accepted, for equal rights for all members of our society??? Shouldn't the 99 % be the voice of this country - as opposed to the oppressive 1 %??? I think we should all band together - pushing for a common cause, and making America the true beacon of what a Modern society looks like!

Those opposed to gay marriage say it goes against what the Bible says about sexuality, and that same - sex couples already have equal rights via civil partnerships.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

Every Klansman, Every lynch mob, every racist opposed to equal rights, every bigot opposed to gay rights... is a Christian.

Democrats — Voted 54 % to approve equal rights for women as opposed to the Republicans who voted 82 %.

The social right's embrace of war while opposing not just equal rights but basic environmental protections and science did not bode well.

How can anyone who claims to be a defender of equal rights for all people regardless of gender or race, be opposed to a law which would make it illegal to discriminate against unborn babies based on their gender or race?

Yes there are those who claim to be Christian mostly the «evangelical right wing» who believe that Jesus is an American CEO and hates gay people, who believe women should not receive equal pay or rights, and oppose every social justice known to humankind and most if not all are Tea Party Republicans!

The Tea Party is opposed to science, civil rights, environmental quality standard, equal pay for equal work, minimum wage, universal health care, and every other program that indicates a moral and civilized nation.

The PM's position previously had been that civil partnerships give equal legal rights to gay couples, and that he was opposed to gay marriage.

The government stepped in amid fears that an amendment designed to give straight couples the right to civil partnerships, planned by Tim Loughton, the former children's minister, and two other Tory MPs, could disrupt the equal marriage bill, which is opposed by many Conservatives.

As if they needed a conversation starter: Clinton has opposed same - sex marriage while otherwise saying the proper things about equal rights, a stance that's earned her considerable scorn locally.

«By contrast my opponent supports fracking, opposes the right to choose as well as equal pay for women and has supported measures that encourage corporations to outsource jobs to other countries.

He voted against equal pay for women every chance he got in the Assembly and opposes a woman's right to choose even in cases of rape or if her life or health are in danger.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

Frank Langella has some toe - to - toe, showdown moments with Cranston as longtime friend Senator Richard Russell, who opposed Johnson's campaign to pass an equal rights amendment.

What he has found, he says, is a tension between opposing models of education: one promoting meritocracy, and the other favoring equal rights and developing social skills.

This practice, diametrically opposed to that in Singapore, which outperforms the United States in reading in English in spite of the fact that nearly everyone in that city - state speaks a different language at home, has no chance of narrowing the gap in academic literacy with native English speakers; instead it will exacerbate it, to be followed by more civil rights pressure on our universities to lower their academic standards still further in an attempt to achieve equal outcomes, in a vicious cycle that will continue the degradation of America's civil and academic life.

PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF DEVOS PILE UP: More than 250 civil rights groups have signed a letter opposing Betsy DeVos» nomination, arguing she would «undermine bedrock American principles of equal opportunity, nondiscrimination and public education.»

Employees and applicants for employment who believe they have been subjected to unlawful discrimination, subjected to retaliation for opposing discrimination in the Agency, or hindered from participating in the employment discrimination complaint process are encouraged to contact an Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor or their Office of Civil Rights within 45 calendar days from the date of the alleged discrimination or retaliation or from the date on which they reasonably became aware of the discrimination or retaliation.

Community property laws generally divide marital assets right down the middle, as opposed to equitable distribution states which seek to divide marital assets fairly, rather than exactly equal.

AASECT opposes the application of labels such as «normal» and «abnormal» to these variations in the healthy sexual expression of adults, and AASECT believes that all sexual and cultural minorities should enjoy sexual freedom, equal civil rights, and parity of social opportunities and privileges.