While it is understandable to be concerned about safety, taking an anti-refugee position is contrary to the beliefs of the faithful votersthese Republican leaders rely upon every election day.
Ballmer's position is contrary to much of the tech industry's sentiment.
As The New York Times reported, Farley Weiss, president of the National Council of Young Israel, said of J Street: "On virtually every single issue, their position is contrary to that of anything that would be considered pro-Israel, and they don't represent the rank and file of the Jewish community in America".
The donations are striking in part because Mr. Bruno's positions are contrary to the mayor's on some significant issues, including abortion rights and gay marriage.
"If this becomes law, it would place Colombia in a position that is contrary to the commitments in the area of rights".
Tucker Carrington, assistant professor of law at the University of Mississippi, offered a scathing critique of the brief to HuffPost, saying that the AG office is taking a position that is "contrary to established factual findings" and is also completely contradictory to the "purported objectivity" of its investigation.
It should be noted that for the genes in the leading strand, the frequencies of G is less than that of C at the second codon position, which is contrary to the case at the other two codon positions.
"I am very dismayed, as a longstanding member of the synagogue, that the rabbis and the board would take a position that is contrary to what many members believe, contrary to the peace process," she added.
Similarly, it would be inappropriate for a corporate officer to issue statements or take a position that is contrary to the expressed decisions of the corporate board of directors or the company's president.
Left to their own devices, politicians will often do whatever it takes to get re-elected, even if it means taking a position that is contrary to public opinion or their own principles.
The Swiss Health Foreign Policy states that 'one of its main objectives is to strengthen the global partnership for development, security and human rights that has been agreed upon and implemented in the context of the UN (FDHA, p.12),' although its position on IPRs is contrary to that espoused by human rights experts.
