Sentences with phrase «opposing arguments against it»

The opposing arguments against it are that circumcision adversely affects penile function and sexual pleasure and that the performing of it is based upon medical myths.

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(This is organizationally verified by United Methodist agencies» maintaining membership in the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice [RCRC], a political lobby that defends and advances all abortion rights, and that opposes all moral arguments, political moves, and legal decisions against abortion.

I find that I can make a more compelling argument against the pledge of allegiance if I base that argument on political beliefs as opposed to my religious beliefs.

Further, the shift in the focus of his argument from opposing capital punishment to opposing violence generally, even when it is exercised by the civil government against aggressors who would harm innocent people, would result in real injustice.

Carpenter clearly opposes polygamy and adduces various pragmatic and prudential considerations against it, but concludes by conceding that «perhaps none of these considerations is a decisive argument against polygamous marriages.»

I mean this site / thread probably isn't the place (understatement) but I have delved into this argument more thn the averge joe, and I guarantee someone taking the opposing position in a debate against me on this subject is going to have their hands full with the amount of evidence I could put forth on them for the supposition that an intelligent enity at the very least kick started this thing off.

The arguments against paid sick leave, as stated in the Capital Region Chamber's petition opposing Local Law «C» on behalf of its more than 2400 area businesses and organizations, include: the proposal will hurt our economy, reduce jobs, lower the county's sales tax revenue, and act as «an impediment to attracting, retaining and growing jobs.»

There can be no argument against the principle of individual as opposed to household registration — and last year I brought in with cross-party agreement a new law to do just that.

Meanwhile, Quinn reiterated Wednesday that she supports a proposal to create an inspector general for the police, even though Bloomberg and Kelly oppose it using some of the same arguments she does against the lawsuit measure.

«There are strong arguments for and against the agreement but, as a matter of conscience, I have decided to oppose it,» Maloney said in a statement to the News.

We would oppose a patent application on any other onco - mouse on the other arguments we use against the Harvard mouse.»

To posit the argument against fracking, a highly likable Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) acts as a roving environmentalist plastering signs about the town condemning the fracking, even accepting a bribe from Global's agents and, rather than keeping quiet, using the money to buy more signs opposing the offers by Big Gas.

Those opposed to woman suffrage often used religious arguments to warn that expanding women's rights, including the vote, violated Biblical teachings and went against «God's Plan» (women belong in the home, not in the public sphere).

This summary presents the main arguments against a legal ban on declawing (of cats and other animals), and the documented, scientific facts about each one — as opposed to the opinions expressed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and various other...

Pros & Cons One argument against green pet cleaners has been that a lot more of the eco-friendly product must be used, as opposed to a traditional cleaning product, to do the job completely.

• Those who are scientifically literate and oppose nuclear power, do not, for the most part, articulate arguments against nuclear power.

The article goes on to describe the various groups opposed to putting wind turbines in the Great Lakes and their arguments against them.

There's a thoughtful argument that while law students are taught about essentials like the elements of a tort, the rule against perpetuities, and so forth, they graduate with little knowledge about how to file a motion with the court, how to draft a trial brief, or how to deal with opposing counsel.

After a few minutes, it appeared to me that he opposed the very idea of Alberta on principle and wasn't at all interested in hearing my argument (based on Ezra Levant's book Ethical Oil) that I'd rather buy my oil from Alberta than from undemocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, or Nigeria; regimes that either brutalize women, exploit the local population, decapitate those convicted of «crimes,» stone adulterers, discriminate against minorities, have no environmental standards whatsoever, or try to govern their citizens as if it's the 8th century and not the 21st.

The judgment is also notable for a postscript by Mummery LJ (and a short concurring judgment by Thomas LJ) pointing out that there are compelling arguments of policy as to whether or not agency workers should have employment rights against the end - user, but stating that litigants should not have unrealistic expectations as to what the courts (as opposed to Parliament) can do to change the law.