Sentences with phrase «sincerely holds his view»

If we are to operate as a society on the assumption that any sincerely held view about what constitutes a marriage should be granted status in our laws and practices, I have asked, what would keep us from legalizing plural marriages, or even incestuous ones?

If, however, a minister sincerely holds his view, he needs to reflect on several considerations to the contrary.

Mr Rowley wrote: «I sincerely hold the view that you continuing as leader whilst not in the Scottish Parliament, and not in an elected position holding a democratic mandate, means you will become an unhelpful distraction from the real issues that Scottish Labour must focus on.»

Eurosceptic MEP David Campbell Bannerman slammed a warning in the letter that ministers who campaign must have «long - standing and sincerely held views».

He told the BBC: «We might as well be honest about the fact our nation was split almost entirely down the middle and there are very strongly and sincerely held views on the part of members of parliament and I'm sure we'll see that reflected in the final vote.»

These folks have intense, sincerely held views, and many have been waiting for the opportunity to push their ideas forward.

Not exact matches

I share their views, and have argued that these sincerely held convictions ought to be granted legal status — which is basically the perspective set forth recently by the majority of Supreme Court justices.

Again, those espousing such a view may sincerely hold that belief.

Not stop arguing in private: however much I disagree with his views he dopes hold them sincerely and he has a right to promote them in private discussion - but in public debate?

However, the court's view was that (no matter how sincerely the views were held) it could not be said that a reasonable person could sensibly have concluded that there was no alternative to the act of trespass either to bring the matters complained of to the attention of the relevant authorities or to avert a danger.

The EEOC defines «religion» as «includ [ing] moral or ethical beliefs as to right and wrong that are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views», but that does not seem to encompass metaphysical beliefs (e.g. about reincarnation, who created the universe...).

However, personal views, including social, political, or economic views, are not «religion» even if they are sincerely and strongly held.

In North Sea Continental Shelf (Germany v. Denmark), the ICJ held that international law on the delimitation of continental shelf boundaries required the two states to negotiate sincerely and to make real efforts to equitably accommodate one another's interests («to enter into negotiations with a view to arriving at an agreement... [and] so to conduct themselves that the negotiations are meaningful, which will not be the case when either of them insists upon its own position without contemplating any modification of it...»).