Sentences with phrase «taken as an assault»

Science by all means can comment and deny it because there's no proof but religion (and by extension, religious people) take this as an assault on them and their beliefs and so fight back.

None of this, however, should be taken as an assault on charters» popularity or effectiveness.

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The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small - business tax rate, and ended with people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor and Dragon's Den star, talking about an assault on entrepreneurship.

The reports detailed other examples of people having their warnings of sexual assault at Mexican resorts taken down on the same basis as Love's, or because the website claimed they were second - hand information.

«So I think that if we just run against her record as it has been, she voted to take away our guns, she voted for an assault weapons ban.

She took the idea to Twitter, posting: «If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write «me too» as a reply to this tweet.»

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

In my 43 years living in this great country, I have never seen so much meddling into the affairs of a province as the full frontal assault taking place against the soon - to - be-sworn-in government of B.C. Let's be clear.

This debate took place in the aftermath of the awful «Access Hollywood» tape, which revealed that Trump had made comments that could be described (charitably) as bragging that starstruck women had consented to being casually (and brutally) pawed by him, or (less charitably) as a confession of serial, unrepentant sexual assault.

Supposedly, horseplay served as camouflage for assaults that took place in plain sight.

As the reckoning around sexual assault, abuse, rape culture, silencing, and patriarchal theology continues, it takes courage to allow ourselves to know what we know.

Fortunately, the cops were able to take Slimak off to jail to book him for battery and assault and forever brand him as the man who assaulted a child for a ball.

Hi Catherine, I totally understand how painful and frustrating and infuriating it is when dealing with something as terrible as the sexual assault of a child, especially by those whom Christ has specifically pointed out in His word are to take such good care of those precious little ones.

Cecilia, just as Jeff tries to extricate himself from his personal assault on me, you now take up that cause.

[3] I take as an example a recent article of a kind that is likely to become commonplace: John C Sivalon, «Vatican declares «Year of assault»» (National Catholic Exporter (http://ncronline.org, 4 June 2012).

Martha's comments indicated that she did recognize why these measures were taken, and yet she seemed to regard them as an assault on her dignity, one that made «life not worth living.»

Despite some excellent form which has taken Manchester United comfortably inside the Premier League's top four, Louis van Gaal is still planning to spend big in the summer as he prepares for an eventual assault on the title.

[14] New England Patriots running back Dave Meggett's reaction, according to his lawyer, after being arrested on charges of sexual assault and robbery of a 33 - year - old Toronto woman, who said Meggett continued to have sex with her after his condom broke and then «took back» some cash he had given her «as a gift.»

It seems like her major beef with Dantonio / Izzo is the «culture» of not taking sexual assault as seriously as it should have been, not that they covered anything up or didn't follow the book.

The reigning Spanish and European champions will get a closer look at the England international as they take on Tottenham in the Champions League on Tuesday night, but this report suggests that they're already convinced and are ready to launch a transfer assault.

He took it public and basically target Vilma by name as having not only broken the rules but committed essentially assault for hire.

José Mourinho's plan for a full - scale assault on the Premier League title took a step closer to being completed yesterday as Chelsea confirmed the si -LRB-...)

The grass roots organization Improving Birth coined the term «obstetric violence» - which is playing out in labor and delivery units in certain parts of the world; the World Health Organization called for increased scrutiny of these disrespectful childbirth care practices, as women treated in this way, feel assaulted and violated, and must be taken as seriously as rape.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, which is funded by former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, wants billboards taken down for depicting «assault rifles» as being as American as apple pie and baseball.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Schneiderman resigned as attorney general on Monday in the wake of reporting in The New Yorker that he physically assaulted multiple women and Barbara Underwood, the state's veteran solicitor general, took over the job in an acting capacity.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

The skillfully deployed assault made it look as if De Blasio wasn't willing to take yes for an answer, and it was good enough to persuade the city's editorial pages that the mayor should fold.

Kat Sullivan, a victim of sexual assault by her teacher as a teenager, took a cue from the movie Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri.

Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

He added: «The trade union movement will unite to fight this brutal assault on the most basic of human rights and that campaign will be taken into the communities who stand to lose access to safe and reliable services as this noose of the anti-union laws is twisted round our necks.»

The angry youth, known as the Party Royals, besieged a Pentecost Church where the election was taking place, and assaulted some Assembly Members, supposedly over their failure to vote for...

As allegations of sexual harassment and assault against disgraced movie producer and major Democratic political donor Harvey Weinstein piled up earlier this month, women around the world took to social media to share stories of abusive behavior using the hashtag #MeToo.

Golden, as you'll recall, circulated a resolution in 2008 that sought to block then - Senator - in - waiting Hiram Monserrate from taking his seat until he dealt with the assault charges pending against him.

The stalemate comes as Ecuador complains of a British «threat» to temporarily revoke the diplomatic immunity of its embassy, so that officers can take Assange into custody and extradite him to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault.

Those they reportedly assaulted included the FRCN correspondent, Mr. Lawrence Nwokedi, the Oracle Newspaper Correspondent, Ezeogo Boniface Okoro and the Daily Times correspondent, Mr. sunny Nwakanma, as well the Authority Correspondent, Mr. Chidi Asonye whom they even took his mobile phone.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand made another stop on The Daily Show last night as her effort to take reporting sexual assaults in the military outside of the current chain of command enters a crucial phase in Washington.

Hundreds of people — including one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers — took to the streets of Hollywood yesterday afternoon to march against sexual assault, as the worlds of politics and media continue to be rocked by a flood of allegations.

It wasn't Cuomo's first - ever foray into the issue, as an administration official noted: There was also Cuomo's 2009 investigation of a private college for misreporting sexual assaults, which took place during his time as attorney general.

On Friday, Astorino's campaign announced it will be tailing the bus in a van, attacking Cuomo for quietly standing by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as he took heat for sexual assault scandals in his chamber.

Following the incident, a Council of State Member, Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani, charged the police administration to sanction its personnel who stood by as the alleged assaults and confusion took place.

His statement follows series of attacks on journalists reporting from the headquarters of the ruling party, with the most recent being the slaps received by Multimedia Adom FM journalist who was assaulted by famous NPP one - woman vigilante Hajia Fati in a case of «mistaken identity», as according to Hajia Fati, she mistook the journalist for an onion seller and gave her a sound slap for taking pictures of her without permission.

HARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun - control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such as a strengthened assault weapons ban — took effect with the stroke of his pen.

As some clamored for an assault weapons ban and background checks, Florida's Constitution Revision Commission refused to take up any measures that would do just that.

Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) took the new rule as an assault on civil liberties.

Of course, as Albany deals with the fallout of allegations that top Sen. Jeff Klein forcibly kissed a former staff member in 2015 (an allegation Klein denies), addressing sexual assault and harassment is likely to take up most of the spotlight at the Capitol.

In October, Diaz Jr. took a page from Cuomo's playbook, positioning himself as an ardent charter school advocate, addressing a rally on the steps of City Hall as charter advocates continued their assault on de Blasio's education policies.

In addition, I have a rule never to take a failure as a personal assault, even when it may be.

We rely on celebrities as role models, and Taylor Swift is taking some of the stigma out of reporting sexual assault.»

It's an advertisement for gun fetishism, for taking the law into your own hands, for homicide as justice, for thinking of assault weapons as the world's coolest toys.