The guide listed "non-negotiable" issues of abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research, human cloning and same-sex marriage.
Many religious conservatives question Mr. Romney's bona fides on what to them are non-negotiable issues, like opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.
Church leaders in your Aug. 9 front-page article choose abortion rights, euthanasia, stem cell research, same-sex marriage and human cloning as the "non-negotiable" issues in the election.
The guide says it is a sin to vote for a candidate who supports any one of five "non-negotiable issues," abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and homosexual marriage.
It is more likely, however, that their threat to derail the constitution rather than compromise over what they say are non-negotiable issues is an attempt to hold Mr Blair's feet to the fire.Mr Straw's observation two weeks ago that the enlarged EU could carry on perfectly well without the constitution caused a sharp intake of breath in Downing Street.
When Dr. Winner assumes the presidency of Kershaw University, he learns the folly of challenging the tenured faculty on any of their sacrosanct, non-negotiable issues: "These included annual pay increases, lax to near-non-existent conflict-of-interest and conflict-of-commitment regulations, and ample pools of powerless grad students, postdocs and adjuncts to minimize professorial workloads.
The depth of moral pondering is far beyond what he encountered four years ago, he said; and the abbreviated lists of what some conservative Catholics term "non-negotiable" issues have not eclipsed the broader range of "moral priorities" outlined in "Faithful Citizenship," the brochure that the bishops issued on the eve of the election year.
Galvanized by battles against same-sex marriage and stem cell research and alarmed at the prospect of a President Kerry -- who is Catholic but supports abortion rights -- these bishops and like-minded Catholic groups are blanketing churches with guides identifying abortion, gay marriage and the stem cell debate as among a handful of "non-negotiable issues".
Regarding non-negotiable issues, two criteria were not explicitly mentioned in the majority of protocols: 1) that providers should not contact a woman's partner (mentioned in only 8 out of 17), and 2) that providers should not refer women to traditional couples counselling (9 out of 17).
Smith said it was important to consider every proposal, but added, "The health and safety of our players is a non-negotiable issue".
