Sentences with phrase «supports legalizing»

Polis, the first openly gay man elected to Congress, supports legalizing marijuana, stricter regulations on hydraulic fracturing, and closing the achievement gap in K - 12 education that separates low - income and minority students from other students.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- Former Erie County Executive, and current Republican Gubernatorial candidate Joel Giambra, held a press conference Monday saying he supports legalizing and regulating marijuana for recreational use.

On the issues: The Siena Poll found strong support for the Child Victims Act, for Early Voting, the Dream Act & Roe v Wade; and that a small majority supports legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

State Senator Diane Savino, who strongly supports legalizing medical marijuana after seeing several family members die painful deaths from cancer, told Capital that Governor Andrew Cuomo's pot plan is simply «unworkable» and unlikely to be approved by the federal government.

Giambra also supports legalizing marijuana and has been critical of the governor's handling of New York City's transportation crisis.

Actress and candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon said on Wednesday she supports legalizing recreational use of marijuana.

More Americans than ever support legalizing marijuana, according to the most recent Gallup poll.

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

China is exactly why we continue to support legalized abortions in this country.

They are urging everyone who supports legalized racism to share in the hospitality and generosity of God — one who converts people by the powers of hospitality.

In its implementation oversight, the CEDAW Committee has betrayed a consistent and unsubtle pattern of supporting legalized abortion.

«The millions of people who listen to and respect him are mostly conservatives, Republicans and older Americans (who)... have been the least likely to support legalizing marijuana,» Nadelmann said.

(Reuters)-- Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record level, amid growing support for decriminalization that could build pressure to eventually change U.S. laws on the drug, a Gallup poll showed on Monday.

I support legalizing marijuana and doing what's right — building up the very communities that criminalization tore down.»

«Extensive polling has shown that a majority of New Yorkers support legalizing MMA, and attempts to lift the ban have received bipartisan support in both the Assembly and Senate.

They point to his passage of an on - time budget that cut spending without provoking political warfare — a modern miracle, by Albany standards; the governor's historically high approval ratings; and polling that shows, for the first time, that a solid majority of New Yorkers support legalizing same - sex marriage.

Yesterday, O'Mara told a group of breast cancer advocates who traveled to the Capitol from Rochester that he would support legalizing the drug, according to the group's Facebook page.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has said in the past he does not support legalizing marijuana.

New Yorkers for Economic Growth, a coalition of small businesses, grape growers, liquor store owners, wineries, consumers, and grocers, unveiled a new 30 - second TV ad that urges New Yorkers to pressure lawmakers to support legalizing the sale of wine in grocery stores — a proposal that so far has failed to catch fire in Albany.

(CNN)- A new poll indicates a slight majority of Ohio voters support legalizing same - sex marriage in their state.

Wednesday afternoon, at the last pre-primary Albany mayoral debate, all three Democratic candidates — Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, Common Councilman Frank Commisso, Jr., and incumbent Kathy Sheehan — said they support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

«(In the past) I have not supported legalizing marijuana.

Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and First Lady Chirlane McCray recently said they support legalizing marijuana.

Siena reports that 26 percent of voters said they prefer the governor's program while 51 percent, the highest number recorded in polling so far, support legalizing medical marijuana and 21 percent want to keep it illegal.

A Quinnipiac poll last week found voters statewide support legalizing personal use by almost two to one: 63 percent in favor, just 32 percent opposed.

Members of the Erie County Legislature have joined elected officials across New York State who support legalizing Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to allow this popular full - contact combat sport to host professional contests within the state.

He has supported legalized marriage for gay couples and has opposed efforts to chip away at funding for Planned Parenthood.

Democrats see it as a potential strategy for boosting voter turnout, particularly among younger voters who are more likely to support legalizing the drug.

Senator Dean Skelos, leader of the Republican Senate coalition, has said he doesn't support legalizing smokable forms of the drug, and a competing bill that does not include smokeable forms of the drug was introduced last week by Senator Phil Boyle of Long Island.

It's also popular with the public — 62 percent of New York voters support legalizing marijuana for use by adults 21 and older, according to a 2017 poll commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation.

In January, the Pew Research Center found that 61 percent of Americans supported legalizing marijuana for recreation use.

Senator Stephen M. Saland explained his vote to support legalizing same sex marriage on the floor of the New York State Senate on Friday night.

More than half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center report, and data from 2014 indicate a majority of Americans view alcohol as more damaging to a person's health than pot.

We support legalizing the farming and processing of industrial hemp, low - THC oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis, and funding universities in (insert State name) to research industrial hemp growth and production in the state.

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The rate of support among Americans has grown tremendously since 1969, when the polling firm first asked about legalizing marijuana.

The bill, announced by McConnell and supported by a bipartisan group of senators, would «legalize hemp as an agricultural commodity and remove it from the list of controlled substances.»

Levie told Reuters in June that he supported Clinton because of the social policies of her party, such as support for legalizing gay marriage.

If retailers like Target or Gap, which tweeted in support of the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, choose later to stay quiet in the face of regulation that threatens LGBT rights, their branding and reputation goes from progressive to hypocritical.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

Trump has expressed general support for states» rights to legalize medical marijuana in the past, but has not exactly taken a definitive stance on the issue.

Now President Donald Trump has reportedly assured U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado that he will support protection of states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference.

The organic soap and body care products company, which uses hemp and hemp oil in many of its products, announced it will financially support organizations working to legalize marijuana in five states

President Donald Trump expressed support for medical marijuana on the campaign trail, but his administration has hinted at a possible crackdown on the growing number of U.S. states that have legalized marijuana sales in some form.

«These results and similar ones before them are exactly why, for the first time ever, every remaining presidential candidate has voiced support for letting states legalize marijuana without federal interference.»

Trump has previously voiced support for legalized medical marijuana, but Vice President - elect Mike Pence is an opponent of cannabis legalization.

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.

The Official Opposition NDP supports decriminalization, such that the sale of marijuana isn't fully legalized but consumers aren't criminally prosecuted.

The opposition NDP and Liberals both support loosening marijuana laws, and welcomed the government's trial balloon — in part, because the Conservatives have regularly attacked Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over his support for legalizing marijuana.

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Mulcair's balanced - budget promise sought to reassure NDP - wary voters but also curtailed the party's ambition, while the Liberals peeled off progressive support with its own abandonment of a budget - balance pledge, plus its exciting flash of radicalism — a vague plan to legalize marijuana.