Sentences with phrase «right out of our communities»

Not exact matches

Once Katrina happened, first off a lot of people left, but then you had a lot of people come down and do community service projects, help rebuild, and a lot of them were young people right out of college through things like AmeriCorps or Habitat for Humanity, etc..

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

When we start building a community we tend to have a bit of a rough edge, we are figuring things out as we go, getting it right sometimes, getting it wrong often.

Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and other digital rights activists are calling for a «day of action» on Feb. 11 when they hope to rouse the internet community into collectively speaking out against the NSA and the government's other intrusive surveillance tactics.

The organizers were mostly groups working for gay rights — Equality Florida, Human Rights Campaign, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, Come Out With Pride and a half - dozen orights — Equality Florida, Human Rights Campaign, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, Come Out With Pride and a half - dozen oRights Campaign, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, Come Out With Pride and a half - dozen others.

But for Indigenous communities, including UBCIC, the question of the pipeline has not been one of provincial jurisdiction, but one of free, prior and informed consent, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

«These questions of who decides who pays, and how to make it happen, may be playing out right now in places like a Louisiana community or an Alaska community,» she said.

In this community of freedom, do I have the right, and I might say obligation to point out sin in the community?

Even those a part of community are afraid of being found out or have to perpetually fight for the right to freedom of expression.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

He pointed out that the human rights ordinance «had brought the community's conservative churches face to face with the problem of homosexuality for the first time.»

If ethics is allowed to be controlled by the laws of any individual state there is a danger of returning to legal positivism, where the laws of a single state are allowed to contradict universal human rights, allowing residents of that state «legally» to carry out actions that are totally unacceptable to the international community and the Catholic Church.

I reached out to John Perkins, an 84 - year - old Christian civil rights leader, author, and founder of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).

Christian education is in the world and for the world... man must work out his salvation in the concrete situation in which God has placed him; not by protection but by contributing to the whole human community of which he is an integral and inseparable part... parents, who have the first and the inalienable right and duty to educate their children, should enjoy true freedom in the choice of their schools, etc..»

It would seem right to regard as truly «saved» anyone who has been given the grace of a high and noble purpose which draws him out of preoccupation with self into a full creative life which serves the development of community.

I wouldn't mind getting in touch with some of these thinkers, but right now, I am having enough trouble keeping up with my current study projects, let alone finding time to get out in the community to help and serve others.

Think you are wisely right to have your concerns but let me Guide you to ask which branches of Islam handles each mosque you know of and find out more about their mentality and they call for since not all branches of Islam are of danger, but you mentioned some thing which make me feel that there is a possibility that you got the most redial branch of all Islam branches... This branch is taking advantage of the presence of non harming Muslims to expand it's redical teachings by offerings or force turning Islamic communities from normal to most redical of all... do not favor to give the name of that branch but sure you will find it if you look for it...

He being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, has poured out that which you see and hear»; and it includes also an assurance that those who join the Christian community «receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.»

If it was about equal rights the Gay community and Christian could have found common ground with civil unions out of respect for Christians.

But to many of the leaders of the new Protestant right, it seems to be a recovery of earlier American Protestant values that have never died out in local communities.

I simply think your views are stupid, small minded and intellectually damaging to out community, and I am using my rights of free speech to communicate that to you:)

It is neither right nor wrong to be in or out of a particular church community: it is the point you have reached.

That may be right or wrong — of course you point out that every community has its costs — but it is a gate, and that particular gate excludes most of a class.

I read and underlined all of the books, downloaded podcasts, I wrote and waxed philosophic about discipleship, about the theology of place, about community, sustainability, intentional organic church practices, justice, mercy, redemption, I was seeking an active and inclusive living out of the Jesus - life I knew right now.

According to the fundies if you live in India or China and you are a kind loving, compassionate person, and you try to make your community a better place out of love for others and because you know it's the right thing to do, if you haven't said those words, you will be going straight to hell.

The faith community is gathered together all right, but while Moses and Yahweh are hammering out the last details of the Ten Commandments, the flock gets restless, insecure and seems ready to worship anything.

The International Community has a responsibility to document the human rights abuses being carried out in northern Iraq by Islamist extremists so the perpetrator can later be «brought to justice», according to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Scientology does a lot of things to help out the community whether it be in substance abuse education, promoting human rights, or disaster relief operations.

First, since human society always employs violence to enforce some set of standards, Christians» whom Christ called to live out a radically different form of community, one in which it is the crucified rather than his judges who is vindicated as God's Word» should simply take up the burden of civic order and abandon the Gospel where prudentially necessary because, you know, someone absolutely has to kill heretics, and so we should make sure the right heretics get killed.

Right now, the church's reputation (especially in the gay community) is that we're a bunch of holier - than - thou jerks who are quick to preach and dole out advice but slow to take an interest in people.

As of right now, I am actively getting transcripts together and researching distance learning programs, as well as mapping out pre-requisite classes that I can take locally at my community college.

Through the month of September and even far beyond we're building community to share information, tell our stories, confess our fears, admit our mistakes, and help each other work out the right safety decisions for our families.

The children who fared the worst were those who had poor attachments (had fewer feelings of trust) and / or who were taken out of their communities right after the traumatic event, i.e. if they had to evacuate and were separated from their family and community.

Healthy Kids Out of School worked with a variety of youth - serving organizations to implement three simple principles — Drink Right, Move More, and Snack Smart — helping kids from diverse communities practice healthy habits now and for a lifetime.

I will reach out to leaders of the gay community to educate me on how to better represent my support for the rights of all citizens.»

When I tried to ask Diaz Sr. about Ramos, who has been reaching out to the LGBT community in hopes of gaining their support againt the senator — the chamber's most outspoken opponent of same - sex marriage — he clamed right up.

«The DPO in Owutu went to Igbolomu and the surrounding communities and as of the time he got there, he saw everybody running in panic and it could be maybe because of that immediate response the militants had fled the place and while moving round, he later found six corpses of the people that were killed and the police took over those corpses out of which two were immediately released to their families who said they want to go and bury according to Islamic rights, while we took the remaining four to the morgue.

Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in police budgets which go too far and too fast.»

Forty per cent of ex-council flats sold through right to buy are being rented out more expensively by private landlords, the Commons communities and local government select committee has found.

«My goal is try of figure out a way to do that while at the same time we protect public safety, we protect communities and we protect victims rights,» Gallivan said.

The false weapon of community backing, shamelessly exploited by LILCO and its Wall Street and nuclear industry buddies, and the lobbyists, banks, insurance companies and the powerful construction trade unions, was dramatically snatched right out of their hands.

Community Union (the Executive that is) has now of course come out in favour of Smith, I wonder what can be done with Right Wing trade unionism!

The Lib Dem MP said: «I want to see a real change of pace in the next few months to move people out of institutions where appropriate, and, with the right support, back into the community.

«But what really stands out is that our neighbors are overwhelmingly loyal to our rights and fully recognize that the work we undertook in the last decade reinvests in the region, pays large benefits to local communities and supports thousands of local jobs, hundreds of vendors and has a dynamic economic multiplier effect.»

New York City Council Member Larry B. Seabrook, Chair of the Civil Rights Committee and Council Member John Liu, Chair of the Transportation will host a community meeting and speak out in District 12, on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's toll and fare increases and service cuts on bus and subway lines.

«Events such as these are important ways to lift LGBTQ youth out of the shadows and show them that they have the right to advocate and create safe communities.»

«And I always do what I think is right, and that's all you can ask out of a public official... I do what I think is the best thing for my community... 28 years ago I eliminated property tax in Wilton, they it's still — 28 years in a row — they still save about $ 2,000 a year.»

However, residents from communities along the LIRR's right of way turned out by the hundreds to oppose the project, which would have required the railroad to build on about 80 private properties.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In a year when the Human Rights Campaign argues, «The Trump - Pence ticket is the gravest threat the LGBTQ community has ever faced in a presidential election,» even the Log Cabin Republicans, who for decades have struggled to make lemonade out of the lemons in front of them, declared the platform adopted at -LSB-...]