Sentences with phrase «take official positions»

She said the Alliance doesn't take official positions on laws, but she's also a founding member of the New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee.

CASTLE faculty are encouraged to express their own ideas and positions as faculty, but CASTLE does not take official positions as a program center.

The AIA's bylaws don't allow the organization to endorse candidates or take official positions on political controversies, including prison design.

It wasn't until the 1980's that the various synods of Lutherans took official positions against the antisemitic writings of Martin Luther.

It is not without interest that such dissenters are frequently most enthusiastic about the Church taking official positions on innumerable issues in political dispute.

The ACSM's 16 - member board was so incensed by this false inference that it unanimously passed a resolution asking that this misuse of its name be retracted, since the ACSM has taken no official position on the projection.

Defenders of Mosley say the caucus took no official position on the East Ramapo bill, and members were free to vote their conscience.

A very contentious discussion followed, as NKD members — who passed a statement in support of holding a Con Con last year — and others asked why no one had been invited to speak in favor of Con Con, given that the Brooklyn Democratic Party has not taken an official position on this matter.

last year — and others asked why no one had been invited to speak in favor of Con Con, given that the Brooklyn Democratic Party has not taken an official position on this matter.

Vacco noted that the opinions of the three retired colonels do not represent the opinion of the U.S. military, which has not taken an official position on the matter.

Matthew Veitch, a Republican member of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors and head of the Racing Committee, said the county will not take an official position on the casino amendment until after New York voters decide.

Much of the legal community has lined up in support of the proposal, which passed the Assembly and Senate with comfortable, bipartisan majorities, though the New York State Bar Association has not taken an official position.

While the SPCA Serving Erie County frowns on the procedure, it is stopping short of taking an official position, and explained that in past years, there was an undesirable unintended consequence.

De Blasio's office didn't take an official position on the pending bill, but noted that the 14 - member city Panel for Educational Policy includes one appointment from each of the five borough presidents.

The Obama administration and Defense Secretary Ash Carter have yet to take an official position.

While Cicio's group hasn't taken an official position on what it wants in a new rule, some industry groups have advocated for limited standards that would establish efficiency metrics for power plants.

A higher - education lobbyist who follows biomedical issues said shortly before the vote on Smith's bill that her organization wasn't even aware of the narrow definition of STEM fields, and another said her organization had taken no official position on the issue.

Jeffrey R. Chadwick, an associate professor of church history and doctrine at BYU, published an article in the latest issue of BYU Studies on Dating the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints has taken no official position on the exact date of Christ's birth.

Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said Iran would boycott the next Academy Awards «to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet and because of the organizers» failure to take an official position (against the film),» the Iranian Students» News Agency reported.

Successive governments of the same ruling Liberal Democratic Party, for the entirety of the postwar period, took the official position that Article 9 of the constitution can not be said to ban the country's right of individual self - defense in its most minimal fashion, but they have consistently ruled out the possibility of exercising CSD, engaging in other countries» wars when Japan is not attacked, as unconstitutional.

Yet United Way hasn't taken an official position on the charter school plan.

Although CTA has not taken an official position on the proposed funding and other amendments, she said many of the bill's provisions addressed key union concerns, including allocating funding to train administrators on how to perform evaluations.

The National Association of Independent Schools, the largest association for nonreligiously affiliated private schools, does not take an official position on many policies, leaving statements on more controversial issues to its autonomous member schools.

The two that have not take no official position.

It ought to be routine to poll an organization's members on a contentious issue before the organization takes an official position.

McLean also pushed SBAND take an official position opposing Shared Parenting Legislation despite SBAND's one year - old policy against such positions and despite the fact that similar actions two years earlier resulted in SBAND being sued in Federal court.

Not exact matches

He should be staying at the White House, taking phone calls, getting briefed, talking to his Cabinet, talking to local officials, and putting his administration in a position to respond where needed.»

Speaking on the BBC's World At One, Crabb said: «If they want to take a position that is different from that of the official government line, then they should not be in the cabinet.

Confirming the IMF's position on this from two weeks ago, a senior official said on Tuesday that «a concrete and ambitious solution to Greek debt problem» is a prerequisite to the IMF taking a new programme to its board.

Now it appears that the prickly America First advocate who played a crucial role in driving Cohn to quit could, in fact, be taking his old position: Trump administration officials are reportedly considering White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as one of the leading candidates to head the National Economic Council (NEC).

If we take a look at our Catholic brothers and sisters, we can see how Pope Francis has quickly shifted the public perception of the Catholic Church, even though many of his official positions related to contentious issues remain the same.

Not to mention, the church had no official position on evolution, and hadn't taken Genesis literally for quite some time.

Instead, too many atheists simply regurgitate the «official» atheist position (ironic, given that this is what they accuse believers of doing vis - a-vis the Bible...), not only without having read the book recently enough to cite it accurately, but also not taking into account the most recent arguments supporting or undermining — not only by believers, but by atheist scientists as well.

Delta immortality was the position taken early on by American Reform Judaism, as expressed in this official statement from the 1885 Pittsburgh platform: «We assert the doctrine of Judaism that the soul is immortal, founding this belief on the divine nature of the human spirit, which forever finds bliss in righteousness and misery in wickedness.

We believe that Catholics who, in good conscience, take positions on the difficult questions of legal abortion and other controversial issues that differ from the official hierarchical positions, act within their rights and responsibilities as Catholics and citizens.

A passionate supporter of charities and events that benefit veterans, McVey is an official spokesperson for the National Veteran - owned Business Association (NaVOBA), a position he takes very seriously.

Even before Celtic or Brighton could issue any official communication confirming or denying these stories, senior journalists of both, Sky and BBC had already sent out tweets taking contradictory positions and leaving fans divided.

«NYS Commissioner of Labor Peter Rivera has taken no official or unofficial position in the 76th district primary election or any other local election.

To establish conflict of interest, it needs to be shown exactly what actions the Chairperson has taken in her capacity as head of the ETC which show that her personal interest have conflicted with her official position.

As the Paralympics take off this week, there are deeply political rumblings along these lines both about the government's rhetoric on disabled people, and the controversial position of Atos as an official sponsor.

But when asked if that was the county party's official position, he replied: «No, I'll be taking it down.»

Prosecutors accuse Silver specifically of taking millions of income from the firm, including a salary that was premised on his official position, not his legal work, along with kickbacks from an attorney - referral scheme.

The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club (BTRC) is calling for the resignation of Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who they feel has taken advantage of her position as an elected official and committed fraud by stealing thousands of taxpayers» dollars.

«As alleged, Silver corruptly used his law license and took advantage of lax outside income rules as a cover to secretly pocket millions of dollars through his official position,» Bharara said.

«As alleged, Silver corruptly used his law license and took advantage of lax outside income rules as a cover to secretly pocket millions of dollars through his official position,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.

Gilbert stepped down as Tory party deputy chairman at the end of last year after taking a part - time position at Populus, the official polling company for Britain Stronger in Europe.

This Office will continue to pursue elected officials who attempt to take corrupt advantage of their positions.»

The electoral regulatory body has established a five - member panel of eminent persons to look into the merit and demerit for a new voters» register, but LMVCA feels it is taking forever for the EC to state its official position.

The current UK government's official position is given in a report published in November 2017: The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only take steps toward ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that the UK complies with all articles of the Convention.

Ideally, I'd like a separate count for actual votes on bills, and one on clear positions taken on issues that did NOT get an official vote count.