Sentences with phrase «support conservative positions»

The tendency of contemporary evangelicals to appeal to tradition to support conservative positions would be checked by Wesley's far more selective use of tradition, and much greater openness to current evidence.

Not exact matches

Both are Tory bastions which were flagship councils under Margaret Thatcher, but factors including the EU referendum have pushed up support for Labour, which advocates a softer position on Brexit than the Conservatives.

On a host of issues normally instrumental to winning the support of the conservative media, he had famously taken liberal positions.

The Liberals hope their candidate Mary MacDonald can regain the support they lost in the last election and maintain their position as the de facto alternative to the Conservatives in this riding.

Afterward, many conservatives realized they could show compassion in recognizing the human side and could support the antidiscrimination ordinance without compromising their theological position (viz., that the Bible condemns homosexuality as sin from which persons need to be redeemed).

It might seem that Darwin's arguments for human sociability and the moral conscience could be marshaled to support a conservative moral position.

James lends his masterful support as a conservative Jewish Christian to the same position by fortifying it with reference to the prophet Amos, who says that the Lord will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down, and will gather therein all the gentiles (James in Acts) substitutes «Gentiles» for Amos's «heathen») who are called by God's name (Amos 9:11 - 12).

At the same time, Huckabee's support for the FairTax and his identity politics cultural positioning repulses the key «somewhat conservative» voters who value policy prudence and electability.

Evangelicals are among the least likely of religious groups to support BLM, and the most likely to hold conservative positions on race, according to new research from Barna Group.

He was one of the most inexperienced politicians in the presidential race, but his positions in defense of the «traditional family» and Costa Rican «traditional values and principles» ensured the support of the most conservative sectors of the electorate, especially from the growing evangelical part of the population.

The Tory chief whip offered David Cameron his resignation after his lack of support in the Conservative party made his position untenable.

The «blue Labour» thinkers who have long recognised the threat Ukip posits to white working - class support will want a more socially conservative stance, particularly on immigration and Europe, but adopting such a position could put at risk the gains Labour have made with its «London core».

While May has announced herself as the prime minister of a minority government, with support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, her position is now so untenable that another general election, with a different Conservative leader, is extremely likely before the end of 2017.

«He refused to support the local Conservative council candidate and so we wrote to him last week to say that his position was untenable and he could not stand for us at the general election.

As was the position before Tony Blair resigned, we once again have a known unknown ahead of us — we know that in mid-December the Liberal Democrats will have a new leader, but we can't know until then what effect it will have on people's voting intentions — it may have none, it may see the Lib Dems taking support back off Labour, or off the Conservatives.

But the key passage of the resolution is this: «Be it resolved that any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman, shall not have their name appear on Row C, the New York State Conservative Party position on election ballots, in any election.»

The Conservatives» position on this Second Amendment issue brought them support from local sportsmen's groups, which proved helpful in the Conservative caucus this year.

Replacing Howard with a leader who is seen as less extreme should help the Conservatives move people's perception of them closer to the centre ground, and once Labour's leader is a figure who is percieved as being on the other side of the psychological left - right divide they may be in a better position to win support back from Labour amongst right - of - centre voters, but either way you cut it they are still as by far the most extreme of the three main parties.

A recent Gallup poll showed that only 51 percent of religious Jews, those more likely to take conservative positions on Israel, support Obama, as opposed to 71 percent of non-religious Jews (as defined by whether respondents attend synagogue frequently or rarely).

In this case, it appears the Conservatives and the DUP have agreed a small tranche of additional legislation where the Tories can expect DUP support, in exchange for support for certain DUP positions, and an estimated # 1 billion of additional infrastructure funding being provided to the Northern Ireland executive.

Following news that the Rockland County Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the position.

In Tory ranks, there are mutterings — off - the - record for the moment, and perhaps more about tactical positioning than serious proposals — about explicitly challenging the Lib Dems to support the boundary changes, and going for divorce and minority Conservative government if they do not.

Tim, please tell me what has changed in Cameron's official position since the publication of the Conservative Party's proposals for the funding of political parties (March 2006 Andrew Tyrie MP) that supports your «abandoned» claim?

Conservatives should support small business and «fair business», not mega-corps, abusing their market position.

He called for clarity, and for his coalition colleagues to live up to their manifesto pledge on a vote, calling on them to support the Conservative Party position.

Labour campaigned to secure a fourth consecutive term in office and to restore support lost since 1997, [12] while the Conservative Party sought to gain a dominant position in British politics after losses in the 1990s, and to replace Labour as the governing party.

After months of staking out conservative positions to win support from New York's Republicans, Long now faces an electorate in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 2 to 1.

and it was only a question of whether the Labour government would be prepared to rely on Conservative support to force it through, it's difficult to see how the party could now reverse its position without risking his resignation.

It is a position that could end up costing him the undivided support of the Conservative Party, as it meets here on Saturday to endorse a statewide ticket to challenge Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, the three - term Democrat.

Without evidence of public statements to support equality, and with the backing of the Conservative Party, advocates for same - sex marriage have reason to doubt Tim Kennedy's position on the issue.»

Asking just Conservative voters support for Cameron's position became stronger.

President - Elect Donald Trump's pro-life platform against abortion, along with his support for traditional family values, marriage as stated in the Bible as one man and one woman instead of same - sex marriage, in favor of prayer and the reading of sacred scripture in our public schools, and his promise to appoint conservative judges to the United States Supreme Court made Evangelicals and even Democrats who espouse those positions to support Donald Trump.

The Capital District GOP Women's Council PAC held its first fundraiser last week as it positions itself as a network to support conservative female candidates not just in Albany County but in 11 counties in and around the Capital Region.

On a uniform swing this level of support would still leave the Conservatives 9 seats short of an overall majority, though in practice it is likely that such a reverse in the positions of the parties would be accompanied by changes in the pattern of tactical voting, meaning that the Conservatives might well get an overall majority.

Under Cameron, the Conservative's formal position was always against lifting the ban, but there remained strong support among the Tory back benchers and grass roots.

Ritz and her backers opposed Bennett on many grounds, including his positions in favor of teacher evaluation and vouchers, but she also attracted some support from conservatives who had opposed his stance on the standards.

For instance, we find that people who believe that school funding is sufficient (a typically conservative position) and who support more local control of funding (also typically conservative, though passed in California by the Democratic governor) are more likely to oppose the standards.

The choice of the Democrat - turned - Republican — a former teachers» union lobbyist and Reagan administration official — drew immediate praise from political conservatives who support her position on two pressing education - related issues: affirmative action and bilingual education, both of which Ms. Chavez opposes.

«We wouldn't be in this position if those Republican conservative legislators and the Republican conservative governor had done their constitutional duty and supported our public schools.»

60 Plus ($ 16 million) is a senior citizens organization that supports conservative and free - market ideas and, on some occasions, sharply criticizes the positions taken by climate change activists.

In summary, the Conservatives de-emphasized climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in favour of addressing other forms of air pollution, a position supported by FoS president Douglas Leahey, who wrote approvingly that «the Conservatives understand that Kyoto is a failed policy, and the difference between pollution and CO2.»

Conservatives are in a bit of an awkward position in that they support subsidies for «clean coal» (coal with carbon capture and sequestration) and nuclear power, but neither is competitive on today's energy markets.