Sentence examples for legislation amount from inspiring English sources

For the US Christian right, as for rising European authoritarians, human and civil rights protections for LGBTQ people, as well as hate crimes legislation, amount to persecution of "traditional" Christians and "suppression" of free speech.

Mr. Putin, who was on a two-day visit to Berlin at the time, said the E.U. legislation amounted to robbery.

The legislation amounts to little more than a paper tiger that fails to protect the country's renters.

Passage of the legislation amounted to the most controversial development since Bowser declared marijuana legal at 12 01 a.m.

One of the main leaders of the opposition, Vitali Klitschko, said the new legislation amounts to a coup d'etat.

Anastasia Zhivkova, a gay rights activist, called the bill "a throwback to the Middle Ages," and the United Nations Development Program said in a statement that the legislation amounted to "state-supported discrimination".

"This becomes a financial management tool for some," said Mr. Grassley, who added that the legislation amounted to the biggest change in bankruptcy laws since 1978.

But opponents — including organized labor and environmental groups — have said the legislation amounts to a rubber stamp of the TPP before the terms are made public.

Nor do we think there is any more force in the contention that this legislation amounts to a preference of ports of one state over those of another within the meaning of the constitutional provision under consideration.

But critics said the legislation amounted to killing a fly with a sledge-hammer.As a result of the law, at least 200 religious communities, including Methodists, Pentecostalists, Seventh Day Adventists, Reform Jews, Buddhists and Hindus faced a downgrading of their status.

Given all that has now come to light, the failure to enact this legislation amounts to nothing less than a decision to continue to endanger the lives of millions of children.