Sentences with phrase «running for elected office because»

It is most important to cherish our freedoms, and never strive to prevent another person from running for elected office because of race, gender, religion, nationality, or sexual preference.

Most atheists couldn't run for elected office because there's a taboo against people who don't have the «right» religious faith.

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In his memoirs, he and his family have always viewed religion the same as mythology (as it should be) and joined a church when running for office because for some absurd and ignorant reason you can not win an elected office without professing Christian beliefs.

Let's continue to take a closer look at candidates running for office, and those already elected to office, because to fix the problem of corruption in high places we need people of good character serving the people of these United States.

Presidents normally didn't run for a third term as it was deemed that after 8 years, either out of respect for Washington's dedication to the nature of the office, or because they died in office, or they were just so unpopular they wouldn't have been elected.

I decided to run for office because I believe in public service so it is disheartening to see elected officials brazenly disregard the public trust for personal gain.

While acknowledging that he has never run for elected office, Lee said, «Of course I am qualified, precisely because I'm not a politician.»

When I ran for office and was elected in 2010, I ran because I wanted to bring change to Beacon Hill.