As for the rather sensible argument that what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own home neither harms anybody nor impinges on anyone else's rights to disapprove of what they do (only to have that disapproval codified into law), the court held that it was a question for the legislature.The question now, of course, is whether Singapore's legislature will take up the debate.
Just as the Skibbereen Eagle grandly warned Kaiser Wilhelm in 1914 that it had its eye on him, so film reviewers feel moved to bellow their disapproval at the Academy.
There are quite a few poems I suppressed because they got her disapproval.
Adams also stresses his party's record at Stormont, calling on republicans to use this vote to register their disapproval of Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble's ban on its two ministers, Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brun, attending cross-border meetings unless the IRA starts decommissioning.
Numerous attendees tweeted their disapproval during the awards: Katy Perry tweeted "F*** Kanye, it's like you stepped on a kitten" while Pink wrote "Kanye West is the biggest piece of shit on earth.
It's tough being Silvio Berlusconi's 28-year-old fiancee: on top of the stories of bunga bunga parties, Francesca Pascale had to contend with maternal disapproval when her parents discovered she was dating a man who, while still equipped with a deep tan and even deeper pockets, turns 77 this weekend.
Given the cumulative public disapproval on this subject, it is tempting for politicians to give voice to that.
Asked if he thought some members of Bradford's large and ever growing Muslim population would look upon his mission with disapproval, Dutton said: "There may well be, in the same way that I am sure there are some dyed-in-the-wool methodists who will find the idea of having a worship service run by a methodist minister in a brewery as something which is very strange and they couldn't comprehend.
With an approval rating of only 34% and a disapproval rating of over 60%, Abbott is a deeply unpopular figure, and Gillard's decision to set the date of the election so early has been seen, in part, as a way to ensure that Abbott is her rival.
Indeed, some research suggests that parental disapproval reduces alcohol consumption.
It is true that non-heterosexual youths suffer proportionally higher depression rates than their heterosexual counterparts, but this difference is correlated heavily to homophobic treatment by peers and, worse again, parental disapproval.
