Sentence examples for conscience issues from inspiring English sources

Downing Street stressed that David Cameron regarded same-sex marriage, as well as gay adoption, as conscience issues.

It seemed more likely that somebody young like him would have a chance to learn and become more aware of the environmental and social conscience issues.

Jeremy and I and others will keep on campaigning and arguing the case but we recognise that these are really strong conscience issues," he told the Guardian.

"He never thought he was a message film-maker; just a man who believed very strongly in social conscience issues," said Karen Sharpe Kramer, his wife of 35 years.

Mr Birrell's specific criticisms – on what are widely regarded as free-vote conscience issues – are so narrowly drawn that one might be forgiven for not realising that Tim actually voted in favour of the same-sex marriage bill and the right to abortion, and has repeatedly expressed his support for the existing law in both areas.

The most common phrase used by Owen Smith [the challenger] is, 'I agree with Jeremy.' Apart from Trident and Syria – and I always argued for free votes on those because I knew they were conscience issues – on virtually every other area there was consensus".

But asked whether the National party would allow a conscience vote given those beliefs, Joyce told the ABC: "Once it becomes a conscience issue, it remains a conscience issue.

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said it was a "conscience" issue on which MPs would rightly be given a free vote.

The Nick Xenophon Team has not determined its position and could split on the ban, because Xenophon has told Guardian Australia it is a "conscience issue" for the party.

She drafted a letter to the Town Board and said she would resign on July 21, three days before same-sex marriage becomes legal, because she could not in good conscience issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.

Roy asserted that it was a Good Thing - but, clearly, it had not occurred to him there might be another side to it: a freedom of conscience issue, for instance, for those from religious minorities.