Sentences with phrase «who took this issue on»

Praise also goes to every Assembly Member — Democrat and Republican — who took this issue on, in particular Hakeem Jeffries, and Mike Gianaris when he was in that chamber.»

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But it was Starbucks — a company that has often taken risky stands on issues like race, immigration and same - sex marriage — who gave the episode a search - optimized villain.

What's more is that Eisenberg failed to have a commanding presence on screen, feeling too much like a spazzed out tech genius with serious inadequacy issues than anyone who could exhibit the confidence it takes to rule over Metropolis.

71 % of those surveyed by Morning Consult said it's important for companies to take a stance on social issues, compared to 19 % who say it isn't important.

And others suggest that taking such a stand helps boost sales with like - minded consumers, especially tech - hungry Millennials who gravitate toward companies that take a position on issues they value.

For company leaders who aren't afraid to take a public stance, the survey shows that 51 percent of millennials said they are more likely to buy from a company whose CEO spoke out an issue they agree with, and 44 percent of full - time millennial employees said they would be more loyal to their organization if their CEO took a public position on an issue.

Wes Anderson's «Isle of Dogs» has received near universal acclaim from film critics (the movie currently has a 93 % on Rotten Tomatoes), but even some who have enjoyed the stop - motion film have taken issue with the director's representation of Japanese culture.

Contribute a few comments on this issue during a meeting — you may be surprised at how seriously people take the input of someone who speaks sparingly!

And they often have fraught relationships with white women, who tend to take the lead on issues of women and diversity.

Cho was seated in first - class when she took issue with a flight attendant who handed her macadamia nuts in a bag, not on a dish, according to an industry official briefed on the matter, who declined to be identified.

Trump took particular issue with the idea that people who'd fled to the U.S. after disasters hit their homes in places such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti would be allowed to stay as part of the deal, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly describe the discussion.

So, if a business relies on a brand to make money, the risk in any «moral» position it takes on a social issue is exactly in proportion to the number of people who might take the opposite view.

I applaud all efforts by people to take on this issue and especially be Adeo who — let's be honest — was really the first champion of trying to make the VC world more transparent by launching TheFunded, which didn't exactly endear him to VCs initially.

The Trump administration on Wednesday issued a number of rules tweaking the health law as a potential replacement strategy takes hold, including loosening the penalties imposed on Americans who can't prove they've purchased health insurance.

When he and Beyoncé appeared at a vigil for Trayvon Martin that same year, his presence alone wasn't enough for some, who called him out for not taking a more outspoken position on the issues affecting the black community.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

I liken this to a scuba diver who goes down and he has about an hour's worth of air, and then he's got ta come back up again and either get another tank or refill his tank, so you're limited on how much air you can have if you're scuba diving, but in business, unless you have a scuba diving type business, you don't wan na have to keep having to refill your tank, and so that's the issue that I see faces a lot of entrepreneurs and startups, is the amount of time and energy it takes to raise money for your business.

Merkel, who enjoyed record high popularity ratings early last year, has grown increasingly isolated in recent months as members of her conservative bloc have pressed her to take a tougher line on asylum seekers and European allies have dragged their feet on the issue.

They are so afraid of being branded an intolerant, a «modern - day» bigot, and what some would characterize, we who take firm stands on most issues, «pharisees.»

Dear Reality; Speaking as one who has had many, many clergy serving the needs of many people over a century I must take issue with you on your «no clerics, no nuns, no bibles» etc..

Is the issue of slavery any different than the fact that many of you take pleasure and entertainment from people like Junior Seau who dazzled you on the field?

With all do respect, many of those preachers who are bashing the President on these issues should take lessons in fathfulness to their husbands & wives.

CNN: My Take: Why the abortion issue won't go away After recently addressing a large secular assembly on issues of moral controversy, I turned and faced a woman who urgently wanted to ask me a question: «Why won't the abortion issue just go away?»

«The greater issue is that when you get angry and blame someone, it take a toll on those who have been in a dark place before or has attempted suicide.»

These ministers who took on the big economic issues of the day were inspired by the example of Jesus, who angered the powerful by condemning the economic exploitation of the poor, religious scholars say.

I currently work full time for a large church that is recovering from the loss (resignation, not termination) of a senior pastor who's marriage completely crumbled, and for 7 years took out the majority of his marital issues on the staff that he was supposed to mentor.

People within each denomination who support abortion rights and take liberal stances on numerous issues, meanwhile, have formed similar bonds on the Democratic side.

Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems of ecclesial and political controversy have always been and will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters of public debate.

But not everyone agrees with us on this issue and the families of those who want nature to take it's course sacrifice so much and love while they do it.

I guess if you aren't an evangelical Christian, you aren't a Christian... reminds me of the Pharisees who didn't believe the words of Jesus, who wanted to have him crucified... what do you think HIS take would be on this issue of who is a Christian and who isn't??

So for them to think a blogger who has allowed discussion on the issues surrounding Tony as a public figure who used his privilege to control — is going to take it down blog posts simply because those who support the NPD or the NPD himself claims the «court» says so, must think we all fell off the turnip truck.

There are more than a few in this blog site who dislike, with a passion, anyone who takes a strong stand on certain issues, and sees things from «Yes - No,» «Black - White,»

On the way, he takes issues with those scholars who believe that the Incarnation is found only in John's Gospel, and he illustrates how a high Christology is found in all four gospels.

Such crime if it took place any where in our Islamic lands and was caught for the crime... he will be torn to pieces there and then with out trial since trials are supposed for those who are suspected and not proven guilty... but as a case that is as plain they should have condemned him to worst death with out any need for court trials... But by being soft on the issue and giving ear to such junk you open doors for those copycats whom seek fame... That is only fair and secure..

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

It remains unclear who made the complaint but diocesan authorities are said to be taking the issue seriously which has prompted locals to start a petition, calling on the parish's vicar, Revd Dr Stephen M'Caw, to «take no action in respect of concerns expressed about the bells of St John's Church».

Jesus takes issue with those whose spiritual focus is on the surface, who are concerned solely with outward actions.

BTW I'm a pastor and I'd rather have a congregation of people who are out there taking on the difficult issues with the love of God than a huge congregation of people who like to sit around blessing each other with their songs of platitudes waiting for God to yank them away by the hair.

I do however I take issue with anyone who seeks to impose their perspectives and beliefs on others.

And some gay people feel that gay sex is wrong (and many have at some point in their lives), so they are clearly capable of taking a moral stand on the issue (without the physical components of their brains being any different than someone who makes a different choice).

We had this discussion at church should we allow homosexuals in leadership i was the only one who spoke up and i had prayed during the week and confessed all my sin before the Lord i certainly had no right to condemn someone else for there sin.But the fact is that it needs addressing that was my question to the people presenting the proposal.Is homosexuality a sin the people taking the discussion would not address it as they knew scripturally that it was and clearly had no answer on dealing with that issue and tried to detour around it.

To describe the Church as a community of memory and hope, sharing in the common memory not only of Jesus Christ but also of the mighty deeds of God known by Israel, expecting the coming into full view of the kingdom on earth and / or in heaven; to describe it further as the community of worship, united by its direction toward one God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit yet worshipped more as Father or as Son or as Holy Spirit in this or that part of the community; to describe it as a community of thought in which debate and conflict can take place because there is a fundamental frame of agreement and because there are common issues of great import — to do all this and the much more that needs to be done would be to essay the work of a large part of theology.

Instead of skirting the issue, much of the heat the catholic church is taken would probably be alleviated by simply just requiring those in power to report abuse to local authorities and levying swift and severe punishment on those who condone and cover up abuses.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

Gioia's latest essay, «The Catholic Writer Today,» published in the December 2013 issue of First Things, bears a striking resemblance to his Atlantic essay on poetry: Like its predecessor, it takes in a wide sweep of literary history, pointedly details a deplorable situation — «Catholicism currently enjoys almost no positive presence in the American fine arts» — and seeks to rally those who care to action.

«A report of the Seminar on the Relationship of the Church to Non-baptised believers in Christ» is particularly illuminating because it took up issues raised by the unbaptised Christ - bhaktas some of whom were present along with evangelists who were alive to these issues in their evangelistic work.

When we can say all this about Paul, the bible and slavery, why is it that people who adamantly oppose slavery refuse to take this approach on many other issues where Paul, or the bible generally, was also speaking to the present context?

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

I p. 70) Apparently, latter day admirers of Adam Smith who put forward the argument that what is important in the development process is that national income must grow, irrespective of what happens to the conditions of the majority of the people are unaware of the position that Smith took on this crucial issue.

This raises a delicate issue for pro-family advocates, who have taken on as a solemn responsibility trends in abortion, divorce, child abuse, and drug use.