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Romney argues that this law is a “threat to religious freedom.” Apparently, denying gays and lesbians children is such a vital tenet of the Catholic faith that forbidding them to do so is tantamount to restricting their religious liberty. As a protestant, it is not my place to judge what is or should be most important to catholics, so I will not dispute this assertion...
Consequently, the removal of Foster’s administrative job is tantamount to a dismissal from the College—unless she can find a new part-time administrative post—because she has taught in FAS for almost two decades...
...sympathetic to white power. Somewhat more subtly, he claimed that the nation must “act as one” to attack its mushrooming problems, and stop “turning against itself through terrorism.” By this he meant that dissent of any kind was tantamount to treason...
...billion the 58% of Chiron that Novartis does not own, and the Federal Trade Commission approved the deal last month. But the California hedge fund ValuAct, which owns 5% of Chiron, has announced that it intends to vote against the deal, calling Novartis' $45 per share offer "tantamount to stealing the company." Vasella, however, believes that Novartis, with its deep pockets and tight quality controls, is ideally positioned to clean up Chiron's mess, expand capacity and exploit its trove of intellectual property. Says Vasella: "When you have 42% ownership, you can't be a passive investor...
...specify who or what created life as we know it, they say, it is not an inherently religious idea. Critics, however, say that intelligent design is inherently religious since it relies on a supernatural creative force, which cannot be tested or proven by scientific experiments. This, they said, is tantamount to introducing God into the process, an impermissible injection of religion into the classroom...