Sentences with phrase «protect people rather»

Some laws may have the intent to protect people rather than pets.

Not exact matches

The bill, passed on March 23, prevents local governments from passing any laws to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination, precluding a Charlotte ordinance that would have allowed people to use public bathrooms based on the gender they identify with rather than the one on their birth certificate.

My hope is that rather than protect ourselves we lay that aside and put the concern of all the people first.

I would also limit the term «shepherding» to those situations in which it is possible for the minister to concentrate on the healing, sustaining, or guiding of the person or persons, rather than having primarily, at that point, to protect the interest of the group or the institution as perhaps against that of the person.

When society supports the terminally ill in committing suicide — by not engaging in suicide prevention for them as we do for other categories of suicidal people, and by legalizing access to lethal means — it sends the insidious message that the lives of the dying are less important and less worth protecting than are those of the healthy, and even that their families (and society) may be better off if they die sooner rather than later.

Second, they end up destroying the truth and destroying people, rather than defending the truth or protecting people.

Rather than thank our gods for the time we have, the memories we hold, the people we cherish and love, and the blessings we garner through life, we ask for more to try and protect ourselves from the harshness that is the shortness of life and the fugitive nature of satisfaction and bliss.

I am not lessened by those that do not believe what i believe, i served this country and spent a year in Iraq, many of my fellow soldiers were Christian but i served beside Atheists, mormons, Catholics, wiccans, Jews, even a satanist, yes a satanist, and guess what, we were friends, I cared deeply for them and they for me, These were the guys that protected me so i could sleep, my life was in their hands and theirs in mine... I think you all have a very bad idea of what a Christian is, i think you have no idea what you're talking about when you judge us all as a religion... you need to get out of your house and off of your computer chair and learn what people are really about... Maybe then you will understand Humanity rather than just secularizing everybody and hating them... you are sad people, yet my beliefs teach me to pray for you, and hope that you come to reason...

«the revelation of God on the cross, together with a wealth of confirming scriptural evidence, makes it clear that to bring a judgment on people, God need only withdraw his merciful protecting hand to allow people to experience the self - destructive consequences of their own wickedness, including the wickedness of trusting in violence rather than in God.»

I knew that when I went up for a high ball, that if people were running in for the same ball, I'd protect myself rather than the ball.

I feel that women and their partners do much better with privacy and intimacy during the birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important and to talk about you know the effect both positive and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm and quiet and private as possible is key and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with over eager family members or friends.

And so the report recommends that rather than protecting people undergoing «gender reassignment», the protected characteristic should be «gender identity».

The International Secretary General of MSF, Oberreit, illustrated this method when, at the same time as the tweet was issued about «victims of EU policies», he called on European governments to change their priorities: «rather than maximising the number of people they can push back, they must maximise the number they welcome and protect.»

«Rather than sacking police officers George Osborne should take the advice of the IMF and increase the levy on the banks to protect vital services that people rely on.

She said every citizen of this deserves the right to life hence it is disappointing to the people of Ghana «the people or the personnel that we've entrusted in them to protect and ensure law and order are rather at loggerhead».

It means looking out to guard against people who profit from dividing us; it means guarding against self - centered politicians whose utterances highlight our differences rather than what we have in common as a people; it means protecting our young people from militant and terror groups who through fake religious teachings may indoctrinate and recruit our youth to commit crimes.

«It is unfortunate that state senators chose to protect their personal interests, rather than the people they were elected to represent.

«Rather than throwing up the drawbridge and talking about how Europe can «protect» itself from migrants, Mr Hammond should be working with our EU partners to ensure that people don't drown in the Mediterranean or get crushed beneath lorries at Calais.

«Rather than use it for the maximum benefit of the people, he has decided to use it to intimidate, maim, impoverish and destroy the people whom he was meant to protect!

Interestingly, at least once the censorship seemed to work for the social good: when a false rumour started that eating iodised salt, rather than potassium iodide pills, would protect people from radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, the censors deleted the messages.

Another appears to work in one dose, rather than the usual two, so could protect people fast enough to slow a cholera epidemic in mid-outbreak, says John Clemens of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea.

A study section which wants to «protect its turf» will seize on the statement «fostering the health and propagation of disciplines is not the function of NIH, but rather of universities» as an excuse to shoot down basic research proposals by people who they perceive as being outside their own discipline.

And they call on doctors «to advocate for social and welfare policies that are informed by the evidence available and evaluated for their health effects, so that they protect people during crisis rather than creating further health problems.»

Requesting to present to this board is a bit boggling and rather Nazi - like, not diplomatic, not democratic — it is apparent they speak to a higher source (Big Ag and of course Big Pharm protecting their interests by keeping people in the dark about TRUE nutrition).

The added features make the experience a bit more interactive, and there are added options given when it comes to how you can talk to people and how you can even protect your profile and filter out people that you would rather not want to be contacted by.

Postings on this site are NOT by mental health professionals, rather the opinions & experiences of People with mental illness are entitled to fair treatment, and they should: Be treated with respect and dignity; Have their privacy protected; Receive

To protect those devil's advocates, it would probably be best to have them report directly to the board rather than to the people they would be questioning.

A repaired body may have been achieved through brutal trauma and in response to unfair social pressures; a repaired prejudice can eliminate the rights that its existence had called into being... Disabled people are protected by fragile laws, and if they are judged to have an identity rather than an illness, they may forfeit those safeguards.»

Rather than bail out holding companies, we could have let holding companies fail, and protected the few operating subsidiaries that people and institutions rely upon.

If the bird people really want to protect the birds, they would be better off using their energy to promote «smart growth» for new construction in the District rather than persecuting cats.

Wilson says Gambitious got into this business not for a gold rush, but rather the opposite — to carefully protect and enhance the massive opportunity that the new funding models present for independent developers, rather than see it squandered by over-promising and under - delivering on projects, especially in cases where people are investing significant amounts of their money hoping for a return.

If the United Nations remains the best role model for cooperative efforts to maintain peace internationally, protect human rights, and provide humanitarian aid, then what if we established a United Nations made up of ordinary people rather than diplomats?

No doubt to their great relief (or, in the case of wind industry stooge, Anne Urquhart, infuriation) the Senators have heard from a raft of genuine and highly qualified people, who are clearly dedicated to protecting their fellow human beings — rather than ridiculing, denigrating or deriding them as «anti-wind farm wing - nuts» or «Dick Brains».

«The Committee is concerned that these efforts to silence speech are based on political theater rather than legal or scientific arguments, and that they run counter to an attorney general's duty to serve «as the guardian of the legal rights of the citizens» and to «assert, protect, and defend the rights of the people.

«It had to do with an ideological agenda which he tried to, you know, institutionalize through executive order and regulation and President Trump is going to sweep that away and get down to the basic core values and mission of the EPA, which is protecting the environment rather than increasing its control over people and the economy.»

It may be that Teggart is on the other side of the «private person» line from that of Trimingham; however, the tribunal did not appear to engage in a similar consideration of this balance, rather simply determining that the Art 10 right is qualified to protect the reputation and rights of others.

Rather like lawyers, opticians have enjoyed a charmed and protected life — at least until the 1980s when their monopoly came to an end with the introduction of a scheme allowing people to buy their glasses wherever they wanted with NHS vouchers.

Over the years, our Know Your Rights tradition has guided the firm, instilling in our lawyers an unwavering commitment to representing injured people rather than protecting the interests of big business and insurance companies.

Self - regulation for any profession should be banned, sooner rather than later, despite the fantasy that one's own profession is above reproach it never is and most people who practice common sense are aware of that.Too often self - regulation leads to unethical activity knowing that the self - regulating body will protect not only a member's misdeeds but their identity.Too often these bodies are used for personal gain or political purposes for members with vendettas against others in the same profession.

People are concerned, rather, that the law society has exceeded the limits of its own statutory jurisdiction, and trampled on lawyers» constitutionally protected freedoms of conscience and expression.

Rather, the contract must state the purposes for which the business associate may use and disclose protected health information, and must indicate generally the reasons and types of persons to whom the business associate may make further disclosures.

Rather, they have «Hate Crimes» which are charged only when the prosecution wishes to show that the crime was motivated by hatred of a protected class of people (I.E. the killer shouts a slur at his victim.).

Even though it protects your income when you're unable to work due to illness or injury, some people would rather rely on workers» compensation or government benefits programs for protection.

Rather than protect your belongings, it protects the people you love from financial strive in the event of a serious injury.

Having one policy protecting two people's property can be rather difficult and expensive.

While most people don't mind being a part of the ever - present data - mining Google performs, others would rather remove its presence from their device entirely to protect their privacy.

It is ironic then, that when Indigenous peoples have complained about the inadequacies of the NTA to protect Indigenous heritage, the response has been that heritage protection should be achieved through specifically targeted legislation, rather than through a comprehensive land rights protection scheme.

Psychodynamic therapy is particularly effective in helping people access these early experiences and traumas so they can be begin to grow from life, rather than remain stuck in the need to protect themselves from it...

Rather than defend and protect ourselves, it means finding the courage to allow ourselves to be vulnerable and then show that to a person we want to be close to.

Hi Karen, for many years I walked around insisting I wasn't a salesperson but rather «a Realtor ® who simply helps people find what they want while protecting their interests».