Sentence examples for opposing it on from inspiring English sources

The New York Times also filed papers opposing it on First Amendment grounds.

A spokesman for Mr. Obama, Bill Burton, responded, "Senator Clinton can't have it both ways, favoring direct diplomacy without preconditions on some days, then opposing it on others".

The pullout has split Israel, with the majority backing the move, but a vocal minority opposing it on religious and security grounds.

He promised to continue Ashdown's strategy of working closely with the Labour government on some issues, such as constitutional reform, while opposing it on others, such as social policy (where the Liberal Democrats criticized the government for spending too little).

Although the Israeli authorities permitted the march, for up to 70 people, those opposing it on grounds that it was a provocation included the Israeli prime minister's office and the City of David settlement group.

Uribe had launched and led the successful "No" campaign against Santos's peace deal, opposing it on the grounds that it was too lenient to the FARC, and also exposed government soldiers to possible war-crimes prosecution.

If he opposed it on "limited government grounds", no one is forced to participate, and it is not federal anyhow, it is the State.

Israel says the barrier, under construction since 2002, is essential to prevent suicide bombers from reaching its cities; the Palestinians oppose it on grounds that much of it runs through the territory of the West Bank.

But he opposes it on the grounds of its deleterious effect -- not so much to the victims of torture, but to the side performing it.

The prosecuting lawyer for the state of Tennessee, for instance, was a former three-time Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, William Jennings Bryan, who may have argued against evolution on the basis of its conflict with the Bible but also opposed it on the basis of his worries about its apparent implications for human equality (Smith 1966, pp. 59 60).

One can oppose it on ethical, moral, and/or religious grounds, just as one can oppose alcoholism, and gambling or drug addiction, without supporting making them illegal.