Sentences with phrase «sex marriage debate»

(More on the original controversy, which was triggered by The Art Guys avowed «piggybacking» off the national same - sex marriage debate to promote the piece, below.)

The NYS Catholic Conference has blocked some Facebook users from posting on its page during the same - sex marriage debate.

Still, the news shouldn't be wholly surprising for anyone who has followed the evolution of the same - sex marriage debate here in New York or across the country.

But what I detect in it is the work of someone who was never all that interested in investigating the arguments on either side of the same - sex marriage debate; whose scant interest in it has now been fully exhausted, both intellectually and morally; and whose present conclusions hover in mid-air without anything to support them other than a wistful regret that he has lost a hoedown partner in a gay man who has come fairly unglued over the issue.

Concerned that the civility and decorum exhibited by many LGBT rights advocates might make their arguments more persuasive, Anyabwile suggests that the key to «winning» the same - sex marriage debate is speak more graphically about gay sex in order to induce the «gag reflex.»

I actually think there are reasonable people on both sides of the same - sex marriage debate.

Not exact matches

Those who have followed the debate over same - sex marriage understand very clearly that law and culture ought to work together to promote and preserve families and communities; we should apply the same vigor to strengthening economic policies that make it easier for people not to sin.

Mr Diamond told the court Mr Ngole took part in a Facebook debate in September 2015 about a state official in Kentucky who refused to register same - sex marriages.

The speaker of the House of Commons has reignited the gay marriage debate by suggesting marriage will only really be equal when same sex unions can take place in...

Apparently the discussion led to a loud debate, and Nava's personal opposition to same - sex marriage quickly became a subject of discussion in the college.

(A decision for same - sex marriage by a state could as in the case of Massachusetts, preempts the debate in that state, but it is less far - reaching because it leaves other states to arrive at a different conclusion — unless, as some same - sex - marriage proponents have claimed, other states are required to recognize such marriages under the Constitution's requirement of giving «full faith and credit» to other states» proceedings.)

Debate about contraception, abortion, same - sex marriage, even Satan, has attracted just as much attention on the presidential campaign trail in recent weeks.

Indiana's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), passed in the wake of legal same - sex marriage for Hoosiers, caused widespread and angry debate.

«The same - sex civil marriage debate is not about anyone's private behavior,» they claim, «but about legal recognition.

Long before there was a debate about same - sex anything, far too many people bought into a liberal ideology about sexuality that makes a mess of marriage: Cohabitation, no - fault divorce, extra-marital sex, non-marital childbearing, massive consumption of pornography and the hook - up culture all contributed to the breakdown of our marriage culture.

(CNN)- Throngs of people weighed in on the Chick - fil - A debate at stores across the United States on Wednesday, buying chicken sandwiches to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

The debate, then, is a lot harder for my side to win; the arguments for sex ordered toward procreation within marriage are much stronger than «man - woman good, man - man / woman - woman bad.»

Washington (CNN)-- As the Supreme Court considers two major same - sex marriage cases that could change marriage in the United States, religious leaders on both sides of the debate believe they are on God's side of the contentious issue.

(CNN)- It was inevitable that the debate over same - sex marriage would have a strong religious component.

The United Reformed Church has not yet made a decision about marriages of same - sex couples — the issue will be debated at the denomination's General Assembly this July.

(It also says states don't have to recognize other states» same - sex marriages; there is debate over how today's ruling will affect that part of the law.)

Clearly, there exists in the church today the possibility of genuine, reasoned, substantive debate over the rightness of same - sex marriage.

He was taking part in an debate on a Facebook page about Kim Davis, a state official in the US state of Kentucky, who refused to register same - sex marriages.

The second act of the national debate over same - sex marriage began this week with a focus on religious liberty.

These two starkly opposing views of natural law define the debate over «same - sex marriage.»

The apparently unanimous decision to temporarily restore Utah's state law banning same - sex marriages suggests this case could be the legal battle both sides of the debate have been waiting for.

He explains that while that «sincere, personal opposition» can not be «enacted law and public policy» without harming gay couples and violating the Fourteenth Amendment, he favors a continued «open and searching debate» between those who favor and oppose same - sex marriage.

... Much of the ongoing debate will focus on claims that same - sex marriage will intrude on the religious rights of those whose faith tells them that the institution should be open only for opposite - sex couples.

But one lesson from recent debates over same - sex marriage and the Planned Parenthood videos is that different groups have very different ideas of what the common good is.

The real issue is not same - sex marriage — until Friday, June 26, there was a healthy democratic debate about that — but the question, who rules us?

Still it only seems right, if Jesus is to be dragged into the debate on same - sex marriage, that we give at least as much consideration to the words he did say, as to the ones he did not.

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is expected to offer more clarity to both sides of the debate over religious liberty vs. same - sex marriage.

The controversy surrounding the refusal of a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, to issue marriage licenses so that she can avoid sanctioning same sex unions raises a whole host of issue which will be debated for some years to come.

I would not be surprised that at the time when we are debating same - sex marriage, at a time when we are debating whether or not we should have gays leading the Boy Scout movement, I don't think it's just a coincidence that we have a mad man in Asia who is saying some of the things that he's saying.

CNN: Chick - fil - A restaurants become rallying points for supporters Throngs of people weighed in on the Chick - fil - A debate at stores across the United States on Wednesday, buying chicken sandwiches to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

Chick - fil - A says it set a sales record on Wednesday, the day that supporters rallied around the fast - food chain amid a debate over its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

CNN: «Chick - fil - A Appreciation Day» sets record, restaurant chain says Chick - fil - A says it set a sales record on Wednesday, the day that supporters rallied around the fast - food chain amid a debate over its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

A new Associated Press - Gfk poll, released on July 18, reveals that the Supreme Court's recent 5 - 4 decision to make same - sex marriage a constitutional right has not solved the deeper debate in this country, contrary to the media assertion that this is settled «law» and that everybody needs to....

On Friday, delegates are expected to debate the church's bans on noncelibate gay clergy and same - sex marriage.

They preserve the status quo, and if a sufficient number of members of General Synod decide that it is better to permit same - sex marriage, then their proposal will undoubtedly be ratified by the House of Commons without much debate.

The Liberal Democrat Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone reiterated the promise to consult on same - sex marriage in her reaction to the Lords debate.

«The political debate erupting about prospective nominees to fill the vacancy is unseemly, let us take the time to honor his life before the inevitable debate erupts,» said Kirk, who is considered one of the more socially moderate Republican senators, one of only four who supports same - sex marriage.

He reflects on the Assembly debate over same - sex marriage, shares insights into his multiple campaigns and reveals the seat he almost ran for.

Rick Santorum was booed after leaving an event in Concord, NH during which he engaged in an extended debate on same - sex marriage with a group of college students.

Still, Long became tripped up a bit on the same - sex marriage issue in the NY1 / YNN debate this month, saying that as a U.S. senator she wouldn't advocate against repeal of the New York law at all, allowing for Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos to score a point in the forum.

Sunday night, they took part in a YNN - sponsored debate and shared their views on the Affordable Care Act, the state of the economy, hydrofracking, same - sex marriage, and more.

In 2005, he got into an altercation with a traffic agent and earlier this year he cursed out the governor and had to be restrained from storming the podium during a Senate debate over same - sex marriage.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand again injected herself into the debate over same - sex marriage in Albany today, sending a letter today to state lawmakers urging them to end «institutionalized discrimination» in New York by allowing gay couples to wed..

He has interviewed dozens of those at the centre and writes about the relationship between Cameron and Clegg, the Lib Dem fall from grace over tuition fees, the «surprise» of Lansley's NHS reform, the clash over AV and Lords reform, the decision to intervene in Libya, the debate over the EU, single - sex marriage, «Plebgate» and above all else the economy and austerity measures.