"You feel you are pushing, pushing interpretation, but you're not holding it, not gripping it," Hare says.
His apology suggests that there is an increasing understanding, even in "ex-gay" circles, that no Christian denomination, religiously affiliated organization, or self-identifying member of the faith has a divine right to push their interpretation of their faith on others (particularly those who share the same faith).
Environmental groups and Northeastern states are also pushing that interpretation.
But some say Flowers and Wernicke have pushed their interpretation too far.
Local religious leaders, backed by foreign charities and governments, are pushing rival interpretations of the faith that are creating deep tensions in Malian society.
Countries like the US, which created overwhelming stigma against the medical use of controlled substances by pushing hardline interpretations of the UN drug treaties, only compounded the problem.
The Major League Baseball Players Association is still in the early stages of investigating the law and its impact, and some lawyers and agents believe it will be in the best interests of the players to push for strict interpretation.
No one was denying the obvious evidence suggesting Jabar had been influenced by people pushing a misguided interpretation of Islam.
Wells Fargo called for a strict interpretation, pushing to exempt only mortgages with a down payment of 30 percent or more.
Dennis M. Kelleher of Better Markets, a nonprofit that is at odds with banks as it pushes for stringent interpretation of the Dodd- Frank law.
But Meese and his allies in the National Rifle Association were indefatigable in pushing an opposing interpretation, and their position became widely adopted, first in the Republican Party and then among many Democrats.
