The phrase "advocated the position" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's support or endorsement of a particular stance or viewpoint on an issue.
Example: "The senator advocated the position that climate change requires immediate action from the government."
Alternatives: "supported the stance" or "championed the viewpoint."
Also interviewed were psychiatrist Charles Socarides, who strongly advocated the position that homosexuality is a mental disorder, and fellow psychiatrist Irving Bieber, who shared Socarides' opinion of homosexuality as pathology.
In response, Dean Virgil Eady recommended a name change to "Oxford College of Emory University" and advocated the position that Oxford is part of Emory University and not a "quasi-independent college at Oxford".
During his campaign, candidate de Blasio advocated the position that New York City's unconstitutional "stop and frisk" policy needed to end because of what the unconstitutional "stop and frisk" policy was doing to undermine the honor and respect which was otherwise due to New York City police officers.
Joaquin Fuster of UCLA has advocated the position of the importance of the prefrontal cortex in humans, along with the areas of Wernicke and Brocha, as being of particular importance to the development of human language capacities neuro-anatomically necessary for the emergence of higher-order consciousness in humans.
Recently, Jensen et al. [ 9] have advocated the position that TTE is the only technique that provides dynamic real-time bedside imaging of the heart.
Deputy Santa Clara County Counsel James R. Williams, whose office advocated the positions taken by the court, said the ruling would eventually add $90 million to the county's coffers and provide schools in Santa Clara County with $150 million annually.
At the White House, Mr. Rove, the president's chief political adviser, advocates the position held by many conservatives and Catholics opposing this type of research.
It is not surprising that the private study commissioned by avowed opponents to the Broadwater project would advocate the position that there is no shortage of natural gas to serve this region, and thus no need for the Broadwater project.
In addition to his ties to the current administration, some critics say Mr. Geithner's quiet persona — he is rarely one to dominate a room — could be problematic for a position that demands a statesman capable of advocating the position of the United States before world leaders.
Many commentators have read Williams as advocating the position that moral luck exists and is deeply threatening to morality.
BlueCoal will advocate the position that "a clean, low-carbon economy cannot be achieved without clean, low-carbon coal".
