Sentence examples for defiance of state from inspiring English sources
Poachers are heavily armed, and frequently operate in open defiance of state efforts to constrain them.
Mr. Newsom changed that when he decided to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of state law.
He issued licenses for same-sex marriages, in defiance of state law at the time, and instituted universal healthcare for city residents.
The duo performed an impromptu jazz concert at Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow during the trip, in defiance of state injunctions against the bourgeois decadence of jazz.
During the past month, O.R.R., in defiance of state and federal court orders, tried to keep a seventeen-year-old girl in its custody from having an abortion.
The sect practices polygamy in defiance of state and federal laws, and its adherents believe a man must have three wives to reach heaven's highest realms.
He also called on Congress to impeach the Supreme Court.Protests continued in Peru in defiance of a state of emergency imposed by President Alejandro Toledo.See article: Peru's state of emergencyCanada's ailing Conservative party elected Peter MacKay, the son of a former cabinet minister, as its new leader.
Opponents of same-sex marriages have worried that San Francisco's continued defiance of the state's marriage law would encourage challenges of marriage laws in other states.
She was heavily critical of what she described as the defiance of the state of Georgia and its inability to admit that it had made a mistake.
In 2004, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco married 4,000 gay couples at City Hall in defiance of a state prohibition.
They marched alongside the strikers in peaceful demonstrations this week held in defiance of the state of emergency, to call for its end.The president has won support from businessmen.
