Word: repeals
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...line with trends in other mainline denominations, the Presbyterian report asked church members to repeal legislation from the 1970s that bars sexually active gays and lesbians from the clergy. That too was rejected. Nonetheless, the assembly may have reflected the extent to which the sexual revolution has infiltrated the ranks by refusing to include in its final resolutions a clause that condemned all intercourse outside marriage as "not in conformity with God's will...
...while the CLT does not favor any kind of tax increase, Anderson says that an increased income or sales tax would be preferable to a repeal of Proposition...
Many opponents focus on the state's troubled public educational system, charging that without the added funds which an repeal of the law would generate, many schools will never be able to overcome the problem of insufficient funding...
...networks years to reap the rewards of the new ruling. Nonetheless, producers reacted angrily. "We made the best shows the networks ever had," lamented Lee Rich, executive producer of Dallas. "This decision kills the system." Responded NBC's equally dissatisfied general counsel: "We went to the FCC seeking complete repeal...
Evelyn is suspended from school after being arrested during a protest against segregation at a local store. Charlie offers to use his influence to repeal the suspension, while Ian asks her to join him, and other protesters, in Mississippi. The choice between the two types of resistance is ostensibly the crossroads at which Evelyn stands--when she decides to leave both men, this demonstrates a newfound maturity and independence...