The government clearly hoped that the announcement would shift the opposition from a protest stance to a campaign stance, and that it would demonstrate to voters and Georgia's international allies that Mr. Saakashvili was committed to democracy and had not chosen an autocratic path.
The government clearly hoped the announcement would shift the opposition from a protest stance to a campaign stance, and demonstrate to voters and Georgia's international allies alike that Mr. Saakashvili, under intense pressure, was committed to democracy and had not chosen an autocratic path.
Before the forum began, the executive director of the group, Allie Feldman, asked audience members to take out their cellphones and call her office to protest her stance on the carriage industry.
The superintendent of education, the president of the public university system and the director of the State Law Enforcement Division — a member of the governor's cabinet — have all protested his stance.
Boycotting a state to protest its stance on a social issue is not a new tactic.
Gina Hernandez, 28, drove from Pomona after learning of Trump's appearance on the show to protest his stance on immigration.
On April 12 , 2007 LGBT rights group Soulforce selected PHC as one of the targets of its annual "Equality Ride", the purpose of which is to protest the stance of conservative Christian colleges concerning homosexuality.
This survey (Serpentine Gallery, W2, Wed to 17 May) runs from his earliest works of the 1950s through to later paintings that took a direct political stance, protesting against the Vietnam war and human rights abuses.
And Real Clear Politics reported on Thursday, just two days before the South Carolina primary, that people protesting Santorum's stance on social issues at a rally in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. threw glitter at the candidate.
In November, he was among 100 people arrested in Washington when they blocked the entrance at a Roman Catholic bishops' conference while protesting the church's stance on gay rights.
