Sentence examples for opposing proposition from inspiring English sources

Justice Kennard asked a lawyer opposing Proposition 8 a question that resonated in the hearing.

Mr. Singer plans to hold a fund-raiser next month at his Manhattan apartment in support of the California lawsuit opposing Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage.

To his credit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is now among those opposing Proposition 8. To his discredit, John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, is in favor of restoring marriage discrimination.

It's a victory for our justice system," said Theodore Olson, the former US Solicitor General who made the closing arguments at the trial opposing Proposition 8.

Karl M. Manheim, a professor at Loyola Law School Los Angeles who had filed a brief with the court opposing Proposition 8, called the decision a "safe" one from justices who can be recalled by voters.

The Arizona group, Americans for Responsible Leadership, gave the money to a political action committee that is opposing Proposition 30, a tax measure to finance schools that is backed by Gov. Jerry Brown, and supporting Proposition 32, which would curb the influence of labor unions.

Mr. Brown's action did not surprise supporters of Proposition 8. "It's no secret that the attorney general opposed Proposition 8 during the campaign," said Andrew Pugno, the lawyer for the group behind the ban, Protect Marriage.

Forty-eight percent of California voters opposed Proposition 8.

She is the Republican who opposes the Arizona law and opposed Proposition 187.

The A.C.L.U. has actively opposed Proposition 8, but Judge Reinhardt said that he could remain impartial.

He opposed Proposition 187 and supported English Plus, a modified version of bilingual education.