Sentences with phrase «vote against right»

«African Americans in Mississippi: We need you to make a short trip to Alabama on Dec. 12 and vote against the right - wing Republican Senate candidate and child molester Roy Moore,» wrote Warren4Prez.

One champion of the status quo told me the «vast majority» of MPs would vote against right - to - die because of this.

I'm engaged to the woman I love, but on December 2, the New York State Senate voted against my right to marry her.

I'm supporting Fight Back New York so that we can finally show these anti-equality state senators that there are consequences to their actions - that they can lose their seats for voting against our rights.

Inez Barron is known for her advocacy on police brutality issues, and was among the Council members who voted against the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills that were revised as part of a compromise with de Blasio, Mark - Viverito and the NYPD.

CSIM generally votes against the right of shareholders to call a special meeting unless the threshold to call a special meeting is 25 % or more of shares outstanding to avoid wasting corporate resources.

Jack Straw and David Davis joined up as odd bedfellows to get Parliament to vote against rights for prisoners to vote as required by the European of Human Rights.

Not exact matches

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

By standing against one share, one vote, the founders of Google and Facebook oppose giving BlackRock the very voting rights required to enforce a long - term focus, should they ever (inadvertently) let their companies stray.

We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

And yet the Christian right forced through votes in 2 cities here in Kansas that openly allows you to discriminate against LGBT citizens.

For all those who are talking to themselves today, thinking that some supernatural deity is listening to them, please seek professional psychiatric help before you hurt someone or yourself in the name of your sky fairy, vote against others» rights, or promote your chosen flavor of insanity over the scientific method.

Yes the Southern Democrats voted against the Civil rights act and then they immediately became Republicans.

Reminds me of Larry «wide - stance» Craig who has a long history of voting against any sort of reproductive rights.

If I fought against the right of atheists to campaign for atheist candidates, then why should I expect anything less than a counterattack against my own voting rights as a Christian?

The voting rights act was specific to states in the south with the tendency to descriminate against minority voters.

For example, the general support of the working classes for the Reform Bill of 1832 gains in significance when placed against their bitterly disappointed aspirations for voting rights and their increased awareness of class discrimination.

The religious right in America vote against their own values and liberties, so they hold the hand that holds them down.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renominaRight, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renominaright's social agenda, and won renomination.

Republicans voted against Civil Rights Legislation and have capitalized on their NO vote since the 1960's.

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

This is not about trying to force churches to accept us or to marry us, this is about religion waging a campaign against the gay community to demonize us in order to get their voting congregation to pass laws that deny us equal rights.

I hope you are right and this is thier motivation, there was a strong push last election against Obama by many bishops I hope that they don't think this well motivate Catholics to vote their way due to this issue, the majority of Catholics have used, use or will use contraception its not a church issue if it is used for politics.

For many nominal Catholics may not live a Christian life at all and may be quite uninterested in the Church, but might nevertheless claim their right to vote for electoral bodies precisely in order to work against the interests of the Church.

And, either way, voting against gay marriage is an attempt to deny rights to someone who can not possibly do you any harm.

I am of the opinion that voting to keep a segment of society from enjoying the same rights as everyone else goes against everything this country supposedly stands for.

It implies the rejection of civil rights for blacks, votes for women, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of property requirements for voting; it implies the rejection of the whole historical march against arbitrary difference and power.

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

Al Gore's dad voted against the civil rights act, if i remember....

He spouts nothing but right wing extremist hate that stirs up the Republican base enough to get them to vote against their own best interests..

They remember that African - Americans gave Republican President Dwight Eisenhower nearly 40 percent of their votes but abandoned the GOP en masse after Goldwater became one of the few Republicans in Congress to vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

It seems like those who voted for him think he can do no wrong, while those who voted against him think he can do no right.

As a peaceful group set out to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate for redress of grievance against the state government for denying them the right to register to vote, they were brutally set upon and beaten by Alabama state troopers and local possemen.

Priests, ministers, and rabbis all marched arm in arm to protest against the brutality and to demonstrate for the right of Negroes to vote.

In Europe, establishment parties on the left and right frequently cooperate to fend off anti-establishment challengers — not always successfully, as recent votes for Brexit and against Italian constitutional reform indicate.

Though evangelical women have long been involved in political activism, including helping to lead the temperance movement and campaigning for and against women's right to vote, seeking the White House is a more recent and dramatic step.

On June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court — in a bitterly divided 5 — 4 vote — upheld a public university's right to enforce an «all - comers» antidiscrimination policy against a student group affiliated with the Christian Legal Society (CLS).

The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) jettisoned its 43 - year Georgia affiliate after Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) encouraged federal legislators to vote against the Pain - Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

Have you ever voted against gay rights or gay marriage because of your faith?

We are a democratic country, and if the majority vote for being officially a Christian nation then the minority do not have a right to be against it.

This is about gays getting their civil right to marry and it has people talking because those that are voting against it show how clueless they are about the facts on this subject.

And I will say this about Morris: I don't vote for him, but the level of discourse against him, by certain segments of the sabermetric community right now, is over the top.

Exactly right Jon, I can't believe there are some out there that voted against your post, if we paid # 25 million for this kid, we'd all be saying, «what a buy».

And to say that «once the information was made widely available by the media, consumers unequivocally voted against it» isn't quite right.

Oh well if I have the right to chose as a member of the electorate I will vote against the EU Constitution / Lisbon Treaty.

A bevy of right - wingers such as the glamorous Priti Patel and the rebellious David Nuttall have blindsided the PM several times at PMQs and aren't afraid to vote against the government.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.