Sentence examples for support for the amendment from inspiring English sources

While some have speculated that Adelson's friendship with the Semblers have prompted his support for the Amendment 2 opposition, supporters of legalization have speculated that the Las Vegas gambling magnate might be trying to curry favor with Republicans in order to win support for expanding casino gambling in Florida.

Much of the support for the amendment was decidedly lukewarm Monday, if that.

General Clark repeated those concerns on Tuesday, even as he expressed support for the amendment.

Jan Herreman, who was attending the film with her nondenominational evangelical church, called Mr. Bush's support for the amendment "awesome".

The latest polls have put support for the amendment at 55%, against 39% for those who oppose it.

Several people said support for the amendment is coming from the office of Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat.

Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has worked for the Human Rights Campaign, argued that the Bush campaign's support for the amendments could backfire.

A vote on a no-confidence motion has been scheduled for Saturday after the speaker of Parliament, a Musharraf loyalist, declared his support for the amendments, compounding the sense of constitutional crisis.

For more than a century, UW-Stout has embraced the First Amendment, and we now reaffirm our support for the First Amendment rights for all of our students, faculty and staff.

And despite the growing conservative support for legalization, the amendment still faces strong opposition from Republicans lawmakers whose hatred of weed still trumps their disdain for federalism.

They announced support for the Volcker amendment, but fought proposals such as the Merkley-Levin amendment that would have made it much better.