Sentences with phrase «political views of the members»

Nor is the absence of white evangelicals and fundamentalists due to the political views of the members of these churches on the issues that organizing addresses.

I think a lot of people get hung up on the political views of the members (Abortion... gay marriage... etc) but from what i've seen, they largely are just trying to help people in need from all walks of life.

Not exact matches

At a private event in New York earlier this year, Jess McIntosh, former vice president of communications for Emily's List, discussed the group's desire to reach new millennial voters and members who consume news and form their political views outside of traditional media.

As I imagine is similar in other faiths, it is hard for an active member of the LDS Church to publically maintain political views that fall more in line with the Democratic Party than the GOP.

Only 25 per cent claimed to love the enemies of their country and members of dangerous political parties, though in view of prevalent behavior even this seems a startling proportion!

Rufus Taylor, president of the gun club, properly known as Lincoln Park Traps Inc., and other club members viewed the resolution as a small political victory giving them time to conduct meetings with the district «s staff.

Domestically, defense spending was something that had bipartisan support during WWII and in the early days of the Cold War, and continued to be a signature issue of one of the two major political parties, the Republicans, whose members were much more likely to have been military veterans than Democrats, and who held a more antagonistic view of Communism which was nominally a politically left leaning ideology.

He went on to lambast the many members of Congress who do not have passports; a fact symptomatic of a political class whose influence extends far beyond its experience and whose views of the East are formed solely from second - hand sources — «West — West dialogue» — telling each other what they already think.

All of the above applies to the SGP Youths as well, but for the Youths I would expect the relatively high number of members to be even more pronounced as young adults raised in a religious family and community where > 20 % of the population vote for the SGP tend to have pretty clear views on their political and religious affiliation at a relatively young age, whereas other people tend to choose their political affiliations at a later age (if they ever choose one).

In view of the disconcerting developments in the past few months, we the undersigned academics and political analysts, appeal to the European Union and the US, as well as foreign institutions of which they are members, to strengthen their commitment to the European future of BiH, to adopt a firm approach toward spoilers of the reform process and to jointly use their leverage potential in a coordinated manner.

As someone who is Catholic and a member of the Liberal Democrats, I find reconciling faith and political views quite difficult.

I share the view expressed by objective and reasonable members of the public that because the government was the 1st defendant / respondent against whom the Supreme Court made declarations of unconstitutional conduct in paying the judgment debt to Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the government has been pretending for purely political reasons at each turn to take steps to enforce the judgment and orders of the court only to deliberately abort them.

State Chairman Frank MacKay made the following statement following the convention, «The members of the Independence Party represent a cross-section of political views, but we are firmly united in our beliefs that our growing dysfunctional governing bodies in NYS and Washington, DC are deeply in need of reform from the bottom up and the top down.

«The new leader was also elected with an overwhelming mandate on a political programme that seeks to take the party in a direction that reflects the current views of party members,» he writes.

He conceded that the moderator is a citizen of Ghana and has the right to join any political party and also express his views on any national issues, but «his views should be differentiated from that of the Presby Church because not all members are towing his line».

I always thought that calling for the destruction of a sovereign state, which is a member of the United Nations, is something that goes beyond «political views.»

He also spoke against partisanship which he said made it difficult to prosecute corrupt politicians, noting that members of some political parties view such criminal prosecutions as political persecution.

Since then, Conservative grassroots members» views on Europe appear only to have hardened — and, as a new report from the Project published yesterday by the Mile End Institute shows, they are one of the many things that set the Tory rank and file apart from the members of other political parties.

This in turn reflects the views of many members of the Kurdish movement in Turkey who have shown a willingness to abandon nationalism and struggle for the creation of a new inclusive political order where different ethno - political communities can live their differences relationally and non-hierarchically.

«If we say you can not foster children because you're a member of a mainstream political party or because you have views on multiculturalism then that's utterly wrong.»

The news article cites Nojay's «job - juggling» and «political views» as concerns to members of the City Council in Detroit and union officials.

In my experience in recent years, the number of Labour Party members locally who hold similar political views to me outnumber all of the smaller parties combined.

The document recommended a chamber made up of half elected members, 30 per cent political appointees and 20 per cent non-political nominations - but Mr Straw emphasised that this was only his view and was not endorsed by the cabinet (full story).

As Muslims have come to become more than an insignificant share of the left wing coalition in many parts of Western Europe and North America, despite the left wing not many any real policy concessions to attract them, members of left wing parties have come to have more interpersonal contact with Muslims which has led to reduced fear and increased mutual understanding, and political leaders in left wing parties have felt it politic and appropriate to refrain from emphasizing policies and issues that actively antagonize a not insignificant share of their coalition even when (if push came to shove) they might be uneasy with some of the political and social views of this part of their coalition.

Morahan was popular with members on both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans alike remembered him fondly as someone who embodied the old spirit of bipartisanship in Albany, where lawmakers of opposing views and political affiliations fought hard on the Senate floor and on the campaign trial, but then laid aside their differences and went out for drinks at the end of the day.

Nevertheless, being stuck out of power by an unrepresentative electoral system and an indifferent media establishment means many Lib Dem members secretly view stolen policies as satisfying evidence of political change emanating from the third party.

A life - long Democrat, Westin says he's too busy at work to discuss politics with colleagues, but he suspects that the 35 to 40 members of the center's aggressive lymphoma team hold a range of political views.

Other available information includes educational level, relationship and employment status, political views, body type, and favorite video games, books, movies, music, special areas of interest (which assist with other member's searches), personality type, and whether they'd be willing to relocate.

Once you're a member, you can search for matches by a variety of criteria — including relationship status, appearance, interests, education, faith, political views, occupation, income, and astrological sign.

Considering the heated tempo of Australia's current political landscape we decided to throw all social decorum out the window and ask our members the question; do political views affect partner choice?

Spurned first by the French New Wave iconoclasts as belonging to the «tradition of quality» and later for the extremist political views their director embraced as a member of the right - wing National Front, Claude Autant - Lara's wartime films are rarely seen today.

It's true that a single school - board member with an agenda or strong political views can jeopardize an entire curriculum, but the teacher - leader network that White and Kockler have constructed in Louisiana seems likely to insulate students from the passions and politics of the moment.

The Ben Achour Commission — an umbrella organization comprised of 150 members responsible for the National Constituent Assembly election (NCA)-- established a number of agreements between major political parties, including: a «process first» view that addressed only those matters necessary to return order and stability to Tunisia; a constituent assembly vote that took place prior to a vote for the president so that incentives were present to build consensuses and party platforms that were prioritized over electing a leader who might otherwise wield too much power; ensuring that women are given ample representation in writing the constitution; and the creation of an electoral commission to ensure that all parties were confident in the legitimacy of the elections.

After all, Christmas is that special time of the year where you rediscover just how terrible some of your family members» political, religious, and ideological views are.

Anchored by recent gifts from Gund Gallery Board Member David Horvitz «74 and his wife Francie Bishop Good to the Gund Gallery Collection, this Gund Associate (intern)- curated exhibition offers a gendered lens through which to view 20th century civil rights activism so that we may better understand the roots and the aspirations of the political consciousness generated by Black liberation art, ephemera and digital culture today.

The exhibition will offer U.S. students, scholars, artists, travelers, members of the New York community, and Bronxites the opportunity to view the breadth of contemporary art from Cuba, providing a rare look at the range of artists who have responded to Cuba's unique political, economic, social, and cultural conditions since the 1960s.

The pursuit of «Veritas» which undergirds our intellectual life demands not only that each member of our community be able to debate politics freely, but also that we attend to the multitude of political views that exist in our nation.

We suggest that AMS should: attempt to convey the widespread scientific agreement about climate change; acknowledge and explore the uncomfortable fact that political ideology influences the climate change views of meteorology professionals; refute the idea that those who do hold non-majority views just need to be «educated» about climate change; continue to deal with the conflict among members of the meteorology community.

We found that perceived scientific consensus, political ideology, expertise, and perceived conflict are each, to greater or lesser degrees, associated with AMS members» views of global warming.

While the ideology of the district judge may matter only modestly when viewed from a national perspective, if a Court of Appeals is «politically» homogeneous, then one can expect large differences in how district judges sentence in the circuit where the members of the court of appeals are simpatico as compared with how district judges sentence in a circuit where the members of the court of appeals lacks political homogeneity.

Jan Komarek is a lecturer in EU law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.From the point of view of EU law it was an ordinary case, decided by the Fourth Chamber, concerning the interpretation of Regulation No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self - employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community («the Regulation»).

As well as keeping readers up to date with all the key political news, the site regularly polls its «members only» section, giving a unique view of political events from a purely Lib - Dem perspective.

Given the widely differing political views among the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» 1.13 million members, Rice is seen by some as a controversial choice to keynote the 2009 Conference & Expo.

In my view, we have a duty to ensure that our members understand the importance of policy and political involvement.