Sentence examples for act of affirming from inspiring English sources

In fact, the act of affirming their values negated the effect of their lack of competence.

Rickert explains: "With our act of affirming we can only orient ourselves toward requirements (Forderungen), only vis-à-vis a requirement can we comport ourselves in an endorsing fashion.

The British Nationality Act of 1948 affirmed unrestricted movement within the Commonwealth.

In mandating the ouster of any church that "acts to affirm, approve or endorse homosexual behavior," the Southern Baptists are departing from their long tradition of allowing congregations autonomy.

The two houses were so stubbornly opposed on the subject of foxhunting that, to break the stalemate, the Speaker of the Commons had to invoke a seldom used act, the Parliament Act of 1949, which affirms the primacy of "the people" over the peerage.

The STOCK Act will affirm that members of Congress are not above the law," Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass)., one of the main sponsors of the legislation, said during the debate.

We conclude that the Government has not carried the burden expressly placed on it by Congress in the Religious FreedomRestoration Act, and affirm the grant of the preliminary injunction.

GEORGIA: The state's Preservation of Religious Freedom Act would affirm the "right to act or refuse to act in a manner substantially motivated by a sincerely held religious tenet or belief whether or not the exercise is compulsory or a central part or requirement of the person's religious tenets or beliefs".

The letter, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, affirmed the chief complaints that Dickstein and Heath had raised.

For me, the very act of reading is life affirming.

The plain text of the Act clearly authorizes the Secretary to take land into trust for Indian tribes as well as individual Indians, and it places no temporal limitation on the definition of "Indian tribe".1 Because the Narragansett Tribe is an Indian tribe within the meaning of the Act, I would affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.