Sentences with phrase «real issue at stake»

As is so often the case, Jesus does not directly respond to the question, but goes straight to the real issue at stake, which he rightly sees to be the authority of scribal tradition.

Such moves often appear as ad hoc procedure in Whitehead's metaphysics, but the real issue at stake is the coherence and adequacy of the entire system.

We believe that there is a real issue at stake.

The real issue at stake in Kentucky's religious liberty kerfuffle is not discrimination, but belief — a belief that will not bow to sexual progressivism.

The real issue at stake is that we believe that we can have poor nutrition fixed by popping a pill.

But he accepts that is not the real issue at stake.

And unfortunately, those misunderstandings threaten to distract from the real issue at stake: families need a better way to find and enroll in public schools — one that is equitable, transparent and accessible for all Oakland families.

The real issue at stake here is the reputation of the justice system as a whole.

In fact the real issue at stake was whether it was necessary to prove in each case that the proven wrongful exposure to asbestos was sufficient to have «doubled the risk» of contracting the disease in order to prove that the wrongful exposure to asbestos had made a material contribution to the onset of the disease.

I've been told by a Canadian appellate judge that the situation is as Melanie described it, and that if counsel just fail to put their finger on the real issue at stake, the court may well just fill the gap.

The quality, or lack thereof, of individual character is the real issue at stake here.