Knust says it is highly misleading for marriage traditionalists to portray their stance as the biblical stance.
The descriptor was first used by the journalist Wolf (2006) in an article for Wired magazine (entitled "The Church of the Non-Believers") that sought to portray the stance taken towards religion by atheist writers such as Richard Dawkins as dogmatic, intolerant and needlessly aggressive.
Positioning himself in front of a dozen American flags, Mr. Gore explained in a fairly matter-of-fact tone that he was contesting the vote count in Florida as "inaccurate and incomplete" and portrayed his stance as one of standing up for fairness.
On Saturday, Obama portrayed his stance as a matter of principle, suggesting Clinton was merely chasing votes.
Republicans portray Mr. Obama's stance on Israel as limp, misguided or worse.
Grayson is trying to increase support for Broadly Speaking, a group that hopes to portray a more moderate stance.
A day after warning MPs that some Islamic fundamentalists regard moderate Muslims as worse enemies than Christians and Jews, Mr Straw told the annual awards ceremony of the Foreign Press Association that ministers will continue to resist voices which portray the government's stance as "anti-Muslim".
President Bush may be taking this stance to portray himself as a strong leader, but a true strong leader would have the strength and wisdom to admit a mistake and go forward with what is best for this country, not what is best for his ego.
Mr. Correa certainly has a predilection for grand public stances that portray him as fearless and defiant, whether he is daring rebellious police officers to kill him if they are "brave enough," kicking out the World Bank's representative, expelling the American ambassador or refusing to let the American military use a prominent base on Ecuadorean soil.
SirI do not understand how your very good magazine The Economist always dealing depth and giving us "The YEAR IN 2007" portrays a dismal stance of "I am surprised".
Now Santorum ads are touting his English stance in Puerto Rico to portray Romney as a flip flopper, as the race moved on from Illinois to Louisiana.
