Conversely, several of the European Union's 27 member states — including Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Slovakia and Romania — oppose recognizing Kosovo because they fear encouraging secessionist movements within their own borders.
There, strong interests oppose recognizing global warming and fight against the rights and futures of average Americans.
Environmental groups, though opposed, recognized the president's commitment to Shell's plan, and never formed a broad alliance with North Slope residents, many of whom resented intervention by organizations based mostly outside of Alaska.
Mr. Truman's secretary of state, Gen. George C. Marshall, strongly opposed recognizing Israel.
In Florida, which leads the country in assaults on homeless people, groups like the Anti-Defamation League have opposed recognizing those attacks as a hate crime.
Prime Minister David Cameron's government opposes recognizing a Palestinian state at this point, and the parliamentary debate and vote are not likely to change British policy.
Some of those who opposed recognizing marriage equality stood up and basically equated same-sex relationships with bestiality (among other things).
Some players on the opposing team recognized him anyway.
The great deception was exposed at a track meet when an opposing runner recognized Hogue from an earlier stint posing as a 16-year old at Palo Alto High School.
Even though those who opposed paving recognized the expense of maintaining dirt roads and their inconvenience at times, "one has to put all that into perspective" and consider the benefits, the Town Supervisor said.
If the law of self-defense applied to permit retaliatory military strikes against forces opposing a recognized government, the placing of an embassy would be tantamount to intervening in the internal affairs of the host country.
