Word: reaffirms
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After the initial breaking of the story, many felt that the U.S. must actively work to dissociate itself from those who allowed such atrocities to take place. Its citizens expected their leaders to act quickly and decisively to reaffirm that the U.S. would neither practice nor tolerate such a heinous breed of behavior and, moreover, prove to a skeptical global community that this was not the true face of America...
...safe,” there is an implicit suggestion that others are not. And if they say they need a women’s center for this purpose, they suggest that it’s men who are causing the problems. Improper advocacy of this sort will just reaffirm stereotypical beliefs that women’s rights groups are man-bashing sisterhoods, which may drive both men and “not me” women away. More than anything, it is essential to realize that this is a solution that is both temporary and foundational. In a decade...
...Oertli added, “Keeping that in mind, we also wanted to ask the administration to publicly reaffirm its policy of non-discrimination and act accordingly...
...reflections on love to the second part of the document, which focuses on charity. Here he has a message not just for individual believers, but for the Church as a whole. "As a community, the Church must practice love," he concludes. In practical terms, Benedict uses the document to reaffirm that the Church must not "replace the State," which must be responsible for caring for the needy and creating a just society. "The Church cannot and must not take upon herself the political battle to bring about the most just society possible," he writes. "But this does not mean that...
...Christian denomination is, and it is insulting to assume that an audience won't understand that. Red staters watch Desperate Housewives; law-abiding citizens follow The Sopranos. Some deeply devout Christians may be put off (though the fact that the guy with the family troubles is a liberal may reaffirm their beliefs). Some secularists may not like all the God talk. But what should matter to most is whether Daniel can, as it sometimes does, capture life in all its risible, messy fallibility. Religion is polarizing, yes, but there are things many viewers can agree on: that being good...