The platform was conceived as establishing a middle ground, between underlying philosophical orientations, whether Christian, Buddhist, Daoist, process philosophy, or whatever, and the practical principles for action in specific situations, principles generated from the underlying philosophies.
An atom of CYCt expresses for triples of orientations whether each of the three orientations is equal to, to the left of, opposite to, or to the right of each of the other two orientations.
I mean, I write about different insurgent groups that involve contact with different people of a variety of orientations, whether they were FSA or whether they were Islamic Front or whether they were independent groupings, so really I find the contention that firstly speaking to IS people was the key part of my work... no, it was a handy addition to my work.
Some of whom are good people but I just disagree with them when it comes to respecting the equal rights of all people regardless of sexual orientation, whether they're transgender or gay or lesbian".
"It is crystal clear that the motive was to intimidate and harass that young man based on his sexual orientation, whether actual or perceived," said Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay rights group.
Nor is it easy to speculate about how geographic languages affect areas of experience other than spatial orientation — whether they influence the speaker's sense of identity, for instance, or bring about a less-egocentric outlook on life.
Although the scientific community cannot say definitively what determines sexual orientation — whether it is nature or nurture — most mainstream mental health professionals dismiss attempts to eradicate homosexual desires or to change someone's sexual orientation as quackery that is potentially harmful.
Among the criteria for inclusion as a suspect class, the court said, were whether gay people could "control" their sexual orientation, whether they were "politically powerless" and whether being gay had a bearing on one's ability to contribute to society.
The hydride microstructure and hydride platelet orientation (whether in-plane or radial relative to the cladding tubes) are crucial to determining cladding failure limits during mechanical testing.
He does not care about my ethnicity or race or gender or sexual orientation, whether I am rich or poor, whether I occupy the clifftop of my theological guild, or inhabit a more modest spot near the bottom of it.
"The reason why I decided to take my [music] video in an LGBT direction, is because here in college [she's currently attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts] I have a lot of friends who have suffered problems with being accepted due to their sexual orientation, whether it be at home with family, or at school with friends, and that's so, so hard to hear.
