Sentence examples for orientation an issue from inspiring English sources

But Gabbard has seemed unusually conflicted about sexual orientation, an issue on which young Democrats are typically united and enthusiastic; she has been inclined to tolerate same-sex marriage but not to celebrate it.

But the US and the Holy See have blocked the OSCE from including sexual orientation as an issue in its work against hate crimes.

At St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston -- where the wife of the soon-to-be acting governor, Richard J. Codey, the State Senate president, was undergoing surgery -- Patricia Fung, 50, said that it was unfair to make Mr. McGreevey's sexual orientation a political issue.

The Police Department's chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said Sergeant Sorrenti's perceived sexual orientation was never an issue in the denial of his 2001 request for a transfer.

Mr. Thompson later told reporters that his aide had erred in sending the e-mail and that sexual orientation was not an issue in the election.

Mr. Cheney's aides said that her sexual orientation was not an issue on the campaign ("It's no big deal to anyone," a staff member said), and the Cheneys say they consider it a private family matter.

"My orientation wasn't an issue in my son's pack until the Boy Scouts made parents tell their children why their favourite den leader was no longer able to participate.

And according to some Republicans, while Mr. Grenell's sexual orientation was not an issue for the campaign, the Romney team had cut Mr. Grenell out of the loop on some issues after feeling a surprising pressure from some social conservatives.

He told me that his sexual orientation was not an issue with his constituents.

In a current story for the Bay Area Reporter, Aiello writes about the correlation between increased hate crimes against LGBT people and the passage of Prop 8. "No one's sexual orientation should be an issue in any political campaign.

"My orientation wasn't an issue in my son's pack until the Boy Scouts made parents tell their children why their favorite den leader was no longer able to participate".