Sentences with phrase «who presented the debate»

Our political reporter Phil Hornby - who presented the debate - reports from Westminster with the latest on the row dominating the final hours of campaigning.

Not exact matches

I can't tell you how many Christians that I've debated on the gay marriage topic who finally, when presented with theological, social, and reasonable evidence to the contrary, just end up saying «just because.»

The two «no compromise» factions in the abortion debate are, on the one hand, the 20 percent who favor the present unlimited abortion license and, on the other, those who would effect a national prohibition of all abortions, which is also about 20 percent of the population.

It is an astounding detail when you think about it: The God of all creation, the One who knows every corner of the cosmos and fathoms every mystery, the One who could answer every theological riddle and who, I suspect, chuckles at our volumes of guesses, our centuries of pompous philosophical tomes debating His nature, when present in the person of Jesus Christ, told stories.

I understood the point of your post, my posts are directed at lutek, who I feel is presenting the other side of this debate.

Bradley R. Smith of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH) has sought to gain legitimacy for deniers in precisely this way, presenting «Holocaust revisionists» as an unjustly persecuted group of dissenters who simply want to get a fair hearing.

But what I detect in it is the work of someone who was never all that interested in investigating the arguments on either side of the same - sex marriage debate; whose scant interest in it has now been fully exhausted, both intellectually and morally; and whose present conclusions hover in mid-air without anything to support them other than a wistful regret that he has lost a hoedown partner in a gay man who has come fairly unglued over the issue.

But it seems to me that the actual debate is between those who believe that Scripture most consistently presents hierarchy as the ideal and those who believe that Scripture most consistently presents hierarchy as less than ideal.

There were essentially three positions represented in the debate: those who wanted hunting to continue in its present form; those who wanted it banned; and those who wanted hunting to continue, but with regulation to mitigate its negative effects.

Nevertheless, under current Senate rules, a rule change could itself be filibustered, requiring two - thirds of senators who are present and voting to end debate.

He said he was surprised that Akufo - Addo was not present because, according to him, it was normally opposition candidates who were eager to participate in presidential debates.

Edward Timpson MP, who was the present for the entire debate, described it as «a humbling experience that left me feeling inadequate [and] a real testament to the talent of young people.»

The debate started with the candidates reading their manifestos to the people who were present.

Re: The Truth About the County's Capital Project Budget for Parks Dear Mr. Potanavic, Thank you for inviting me and my fellow candidates to last night's debate, and for giving us the opportunity to present our views to an involved public who cares so much about the environmental issues that affect all of us.

I can only identify four - Ben Bradshaw, Meg Munn, John Woodcock and Ann Clywd - who were present for the debate but abstained on the Government's motion.

It was in response to the absence of the two ministers who were expected to be present for a debate on the crisis surrounding the Ajaokuta Steel Company.

It's the least damaging of the motions being presented to peers who are debating the welfare reforms today.

Tagged presents all sides of the debate, from the executives at Verichip who sell RFID implants for use in people and RFID advocates who tout their health and safety benefits, to Christians who believe that RFID chips are the «mark of the beast» predicted in the Book of Revelation and those who worry about government surveillance.

At the least, an international debate should occur, says Keim, who believes that in the meantime, scientists should neither publish the results of H5N1 transmissibility studies nor present them at meetings.

The purpose of our publications is to present scientifically robust knowledge in a form accessible to any reader, and thus to serve all those who wish to engage actively and knowledgably in debate on the issues surrounding marine science.

Who they were and which present day humans they are related to has been debated intensely.

Many teachers who responded said they «taught the controversy» of climate change, presenting it as a subject to be debated rather than a scientific consensus.

The pause and rewind buttons become essential tools, allowing viewers who are so inclined to discuss, debate and absorb the flurry of ideas Linklater presents.

To children, the topic may be a matter of pride — who is older, who got more presents — but to adults, it is one of serious debate.

Whether the much debated Digital Technologies curriculum moves forward in its present state or not, computational thinking and robotics still appeal to tech - savvy teachers who wish to give students an opportunity to play, create and control machines.

What kind of optics does that present to someone who is sitting on the fence, debating whether to buy this device, the Onyx device or wait until a next generation device is put out?

In congressional debates in 1790 about the possible abolition of slavery, Georgia representative James Jackson attacked the abolitionist Quakers as «outright lunatics» [p. 97] and went on to say, «If it were a crime, as some assert but which I deny, the British nation is answerable for it, and not the present inhabitants, who now hold that species of property in question» [p. 98].

While I'm bound to piss a fanboy or two off, I'm actually merely presenting a summary of opinions and a result of some debate among our «staff writers» (other term for people who keep hanging around).

The Value of Nothing presents artists who contribute to the current debate on the commercialization of society, expose the underlying mechanisms, or propose alternative strategies.

But in no case should a reporter who wishes to portray with accuracy the debates about global warming, present a minority view unbacked by science and promoted by businesses with a small, old dog in a very tough dog fight, as equivalent to hard science from unbiased scientists with no economic interest in anything but getting the facts and predictions right.

In other classes «debates» are done by both sides presenting «evidence» and students pick who seems most believable.

Unfortunately, such pursuits have become commonplace in our world today; and these tactics are utilized by those who care less about science and more about squelching free thinking and scientific debate when opinions are presented that differ from their own.

«This debate is a debate we want to have,» Mr. Boehner told his conference on Wednesday, according to a Republican aide who was present.

Somebody who does not engage with or challenge the debate but takes at face value the terms presented by politicians, the media, and instructions to recycle, etc..

«There is no one out there really presenting a coherent, informed, mature case on this... It seems to be a very important debate we should be having is going by default and those who speak loudest and most frequently, regardless of the merits of the argument, seem to be winning the day.»

As I point out, the debate is one presented as between those attached to the proposition «climate change is happening» and those who deny it.

Effective steering of the policy debate will depend most of all on well - founded proposals which are well - argued and presented, and inevitably in competition with others who present themselves as experts on Indigenous peoples.

Evan Stark, a leading researcher, and scholar in the domestic violence field, and lead expert for the plaintiff mothers in Nicholson v. Williams, a successful class action suit, [note 7] states that «it has been known for some time that men are the overwhelming perpetrators where children are severely injured or killed, accounting for up to 80 % of severe injury and child fataility in some studies [citing a major Florida study]; and «that where men are present, they are far more likely than women to be the source of children's injuries;» and that «there is no debate about who is the major source of child sexual abuse.»