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...look remarkably similar to those of a perennial controversial issue in Washington: abortion. As with immigration, polls show that more than 60% of Americans support the more "liberal" position on abortion, namely that a woman should have a right to an abortion. But as with support for comprehensive immigration reform, that varies widely depending on how a question is phrased. And over the last two decades, the voters most active and motivated on the abortion issue have been abortion opponents, which explains why congressional Republicans have worked so hard to put anti-abortion judges on the bench and passed restrictions...
...that deals only with border enforcement. So far, the House has showed little signs of budging, and has suggested the public backs its approach. But in fact, polls suggest large majorities of Americans support something akin to what President Bush and the Senate have pushed, a so-called "comprehensive reform" law that would create a guest worker program and provide some path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country. A recent poll from Fox News showed about 63% of Americans supported the Senate approach, a CBS poll puts that number at around 77%, depending...
...outcome. The moment passed and the Treasurer went back to the script. But radical was a description Costello was burdened with-or guided by-for two decades. His choice of the word was also a reminder of how Australia has changed under Howard-and how the notion of reform has been manipulated, if not debased. The superannuation measures are sensible and overdue. It's the sort of house-keeping that was pro forma in the Hawke-Keating years; there was a lot to do, and the Labor leaders did most of it. Howard-Costello gradualism, however, is chamber music compared...
...said Gomes. “They’ll deal with obvious fires, the obvious difficulties along the way, but nothing long-term.”Still, other professors believe the two leaders will concentrate on carrying through unrealized aspects of Summers’ vision, including curriculum reform and the continuing development of Allston property.“I think what is important, as both of them feel, is to not be immobilized but to move forward on accepted initiatives and goals,” said Henry Rosovksy, who himself served as a dean of FAS and was summoned...
...acknowledging their sexuality. But I do know that there are openly gay Christians, such as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes, and that same-sex marriage ceremonies are performed by Unitarian Universalist churches, some Quaker congregations, and by the Metropolitan Community Church. For gay Jews, some Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish synagogues perform same-sex marriages...