Sentence examples for compelled to uphold from inspiring English sources
In a recent interview with a local TV station, Landrieu suggested that she does support gay marriage, but because her state has a law forbidding it, she feels compelled to uphold that perspective.
Under this latter wording, Member States are compelled to uphold primary Community Law (i.e., the Treaty) and to implement secondary Community legislation.
Or perhaps it is because there is a sense of national pride at stake and we all feel compelled to uphold it.
"As advocates for the truths we are compelled to uphold, we speak with equal intensity and urgency in opposition to your promoting a goal that so deeply conflicts with your faith, not to mention the best interests of our society".
The Puritans' righteousness came from the conviction -- common to all absolutists -- that their faith was the only correct one, so that God compelled them to uphold it and to vanquish others.
Last week, the EU took formal legal action against seven member states to compel them to uphold the law.
Unfortunately, pursuant to my responsibilities as an elected official sworn to uphold the laws of the land, I am compelled to turn your name over to the American Medical Association for practicing medicine without a license.
It's the opinion of a Chief Justice fulfilling his commitment to being an impartial umpire, speaking to the country about the workings of the American constitutional system and why the law compelled the Court to uphold President Obama's signature legislation.
In a judgment made in November in respect of a separate claim brought by Nicola Phillips, Mr Clifford's personal assistant, Mr Justice Mann made several references to Mr Edmondson and upheld Ms Phillips's application for Mulcaire to be compelled to reveal who at the News of the World had asked him to investigate Mr Clifford.
The panel upheld a federal judge's ruling that doctors cannot be compelled to deliver the antiabortion views of lawmakers.
When the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals bucked the trend by upholding statewide bans against gay marriage, the high court was compelled to revisit the question.
