Sentences with phrase «stake in the debate»

Few works I have read have more clearly stated what's at stake in the debate.

This, they say, gives them a personal stake in the debate.

Higher education has a clear and compelling stake in this debate.

BTW - I have no direct or indirect ties to any energy industry and no financial stake in this debate.

I don't really have any ideological stake in this debate.

Archbishop Dolan concluded his statement with a matter - of - fact declaration of what is at stake in the debate over DOMA: «The Administration's currentposition is not only a grave threat to marriage, but to religious liberty and the integrity of our democracy as well.»

The high stakes in this debate are evident in the case of 3 1/2 - month - old Jeremy Arens of Arlington Heights.

«This is a critical time for health care, and women have much at stake in the debate,» said PPFA Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy Laurie Rubiner.

In his book «Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk» (1996), Peter Bernstein makes a good point about what's at stake in the debate:

Mr. Walker pointed out that other industries such as electronics, the high - tech sector, transportation and materials suppliers have a stake in the debate because they depend on a competitive auto industry.

Complementarians often say that what's at stake in this debate is the authority of Scripture, an authority that is compromised whenever Christians fail to live by «every word» of the Bible.

The stakes in the debates under discussion are very high indeed: Who shall live?

Presumably many of these families don't have the option of engaging in a boycott, even if they have more at stake in the debate than anyone.

Senior figures in the Liberal Democrats raised the stakes in the debate over Lords reform today, as early signs of civil war started to break out.

Especially if a critic accuses a researcher of incompetence or worse, it shouldn't surprise anyone if they react emotionally and have personal stakes in the debate.

At stake in their debate is nothing less than this question: Is our Constitution colorblind?

A recent four - year study by the president of Teachers College, Columbia University, Arthur Levine, raised the stakes in this debate by harshly assessing the quality of educational administration programs.

The truth is the research is more or less exclusively people with a stake in the debate.

-- Ethics and equity are inseparable from economic analysis; there are deep questions of fairness between rich and poor today, and between present and future generations, at stake in the debate.

Therefore scholars who study religion have a stake in the debate.

To choose to address the matter in such legal terms, and especially in terms of possible criminal liability, is a robust response, in a way raising the stakes in the debate.

Being in the process of working on a paper that does just that with the freedom of conscience guarantee of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I have a stake in this debate, so feel free to take what follows with a generous helping of NaCl.

Anyway, I'd like to ask you guys a question: What are the stakes in this debate?