Sentences with phrase «supported same sex»

Both candidates said they supported same sex marriage, and both were critical of Mr. LaValle's vote against the issue, in which he said the people of the district were «not ready» for it.

The last 3 - 5 years have been remarkable and the majority of Americans now support same sex marriage.

The more I look into what scripture does and does not say the more convinced I am that scripture does not «clearly» condemn or support same sex relationships.

What President Akufo - Addo said on Al Jazeera, was an assurance to the western world of his preparedness to support same sex marriage if pressure is exerted on his administration.

But now feeling re-energized these LGBT conservatives are ready to oppose their party and support same sex marriage rights during their party's RNC this week.

I support same sex marriage, but not whatever weird permutation VJ seems to want to bastardize that debate to include.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has crossed party lines and offered a political endorsement to Republican state Senator Roy McDonald, who lost a primary this month after voting to support same sex marriage in 2011.

He supports same sex marriage; totally subsidized day - care; and full - day kindergarden.

Governor Cuomo, who convinced the three Senators, along with one other, to support his same sex marriage bill, says he's «elated» by Senator Saland's win, and «concerned» over McDonald's apparent loss.

We know that people in Canada would love to spice up their sex lives — more than 60 % of them support same sex relationships and have expressed their desire for having a more spontaneous sex life.

Not exact matches

«Not every decision is an economic decision,» Schultz said at the company's 2013 shareholders meeting, when a shareholder argued that Starbucks had lost customers because of its support of same - sex marriage.

Polling conducted after last year's federal elections showed that over 62 % of Australians support legalizing same - sex marriage.

After openly supporting same - sex marriage and striking down the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, the President of the United States also hopes to ban workplace discrimination based on employees» sexual orientation and gender identity.

And the evangelist's ministry took out full - page ads in newspapers support a ballot referendum that would ban same - sex marriage.

LONDON — A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same - sex marriage.

LONDON (AP)-- A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same - sex marriage.

A powerful GOP donor who split with his party by funding the «Never Trump» movement — and by supporting same - sex marriage — Singer is also obsessed about his own and his employees» physical safety, according to those who know him well.

In 2012, Amazon backed a coalition called Washington United for Marriage to help foster support for Referendum 74, which legalized same - sex marriage in Washington state.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP)-- The government's plan to hold a popular vote on whether Australia should allow same - sex marriage suffered a setback Monday when a political party announced it would not support the proposed plebiscite.

However, its customer loyalty seems to be still haunted by a controversial $ 150,000 donation to MN Forward, which in turn supported a gubernatorial candidate who opposed same - sex marriage made in 2010, according to YouGov BrandIndex, the only daily consumer perception research service of brands.

Same - sex marriage's journey from minority status to the law of the land offers important lessons about gaining broad - based public support that fiduciary advocates can gain from.

The Green party and FDP both ruled out working closely with Mrs Merkel after the September vote unless same - sex marriage would be supported in any coalition deal.

St Helen's Bishopsgate said a successor to former Bishop of London Richard Chartres who supports same - sex marriage would be met with «unavoidable avoidance».

Bell came out a few weeks ago in support of same sex marriage just after the publication of his latest book What We Talk About When We Talk About God.

Hayward, also known for his cartoons in support of same sex marriage and LGBT issues, has been frequently asked if he was gay.

Thus, the diocese would not have to support a same - sex partnership or recognize it as a marriage, thereby avoiding formal cooperation with sin.

As to same - sex marriage stabilizing homosexual practices, this is of course the argument of Andrew Sullivan and some other gay activists, although there is little or no evidence to support it.

If only he had, in addition to taking a deep breath and counting to ten, considered how embarrassingly transparent his support for same - sex marriage and opposition to the Church's teaching would appear to any thoughtful reader.

You've just got to look at what happened me when I stood up [in support of same - sex relationships].

The religious right experienced what CNN called a «nightmare scenario:» in three states voters approved same - sex marriage; anti-abortion candidates were defeated in red states; and Obama, whose opponent had the support of Billy Graham, won a second term.

Less than half of David Cameron's party voted in favour of same - sex marriage, with the Prime Minister needing support from other parties to get the legislation through.

On Sunday, Sen. Barack Obama told a crowd of supporters that he thought the Sermon on the Mount demands that he, as a Christian, support the state recognition of same - sex unions.

President Barack Obama has come out in personal support of same - sex marriage, has encouraged states to recognize the rights of same - sex couples to marry and even led the movement to abolish Don't Ask, Don't Tell, but he has kept mum on whether or not he believes the Constitution gives gay people the right to marry.

A Christian bakery in Belfast found to have discriminated a gay activist by not baking a cake supporting same - sex marriage has reported a boost.

Other writers have described other causes: the lobbying for same - sex marriage, the feminists» push for liberation from marriage duties, their legislative victories in getting states to adopt unilateral divorce, the culture's glorification of single moms, and the financial incentives for illegitimacy and divorce that flow from the welfare, child support, and domestic violence bureaucracies.

There will be friends who disagree with First Things on the issue of same - sex intimacy, but support it in other areas.

The lawyer continued: «He argued that Mrs Davis's position is based on the Biblical view of same - sex marriage as a sin; when challenged, he provided quotations from the Bible supporting his view.»

Sean is a tutor in ethics at St Mellitus College and one of the founders of livingout.org, involved in supporting and pastoring many gay and same - sex attracted Christians.

Support for the legalisation of same - sex marriage varied between states, ranging from 57.8 per cent in New South Wales to 74 per cent in the Australian Capital Territory.

Sean Doherty is one of the founders of Living Out, a support network for same - sex attracted Christians who want to abide by historic Christian teaching on sexuality.

livingout.org supporting same - sex attracted Christians who want to live out a traditional biblical view on sexuality

Other readers took offense at some pastors in the article who declared that Obama couldn't be a Christian because he never talked about being «born again» and he supported same - sex marriage and abortion rights.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

The group also bought newspaper ads in November encouraging Christians to vote for candidates who oppose same - sex marriage, support Israel and «base their decisions on biblical principles.»

Over the past few weeks, on Wednesdays, we have been discussing Matthew Vines» book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.

Some activists pointed to the less public role in same - sex marriage ballot initiatives in 2012, a marked departure from earlier fights - such as California's Proposition 8 in which the church vocally supported the move to have same - sex marriage banned.

(See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) I chose this particular book because I think it provides the most accessible and personal introduction to the biblical and historical arguments in support of same - sex relationships, and because Matthew is a theologically conservative Christian who affirms the authority of Scripture and who is also gay.

«We just have no evidence what so ever in slippage of support for Obama, even after his announcement in support of same sex marriage.»

Graham said the IRS contacted the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, a North Carolina - based ministry, after it ran newspaper ads in that state in April encouraging support for an amendment against same - sex marriage.

32.1 Whoever supports same - sex unions and marriage equality can not be my disciple.