Sentences with phrase «partisan political debate»

On the domestic front, however, partisan political debate was taking hold.

Burger further maintains that although vigorous and partisan political debate is usually a normal and healthy manifestation of our democratic system of government, political division along religious lines is one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect.

But the mass shooting version of the theory naturally has more legs since it intersects with a longstanding partisan political debate.

«I didn't think I was placing myself on a path that would lead me into the center of one of the most contentious partisan political debates that we've ever seen.»

Not exact matches

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

In the Arizona case you had a deranged man who did not seem connected to any political movement and who was uninterested in the partisan debates of our time.

The phrase «public square» evokes images of the political arena with its partisan games and intense debates over public policy.

Though many Christians today engage a variety of social issues — some of which are quite divisive — the terms of the debate are by and large partisan and political.

It would very valuable to look into whether these preliminary findings pre-date political affiliation or occur as a result of repeated exposure to politically - inspired partisan and emotional debates.

The current proposals are bound to meet a largely partisan reception, and will be depicted by some as a politically motivated attempt to create difficulties for a future Labour administration (though it should be noted that Labour's catastrophic performance in Scotland in the general election alters the territorial political dynamic that underpinned debates about EVEL quite considerably), and by others as an attempt to diminish the role of Scottish MPs.

The report triggered plenty of media and political debate, and fits with earlier research suggesting a gradual erosion in ethnic minorities» traditional partisan loyalties to Labour.

We hope they do just that, because New York state can only benefit from a vigorous — yes, partisan — political debate.

During the debate in the U.S. Senate over the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, much of the focus centered on partisan political differences and intense opposition from special interest groups.

«Culture,» in this context (IMO) is not tightly constrained, and includes partisans who bridge an overlap between political perspectives and loyalties in the climate debate.

This special dispenses with controversy, partisan debates and political stalemates and focuses on the beauty and bounty of the planet, human ingenuity, and the many reasons to be optimistic about our future.