In the interview, Mr. Sinkford, a 56-year-old onetime businessman and former "card-carrying atheist" who turned to ministry 10 years ago, said he was not formally proposing to change the principles, which are bylaws of the association and require a five-year process to be altered.
The markets have also responded, as more companies have adopted charter bylaws which select Delaware as the only place for litigation.
Condos are trickier, because bans usually require a change in bylaws, which means two-thirds of residents need to approve them.
"By 1978, we had our first full-blown zoning bylaws, which helped shield us from the egregious development you see in other places".
We are overregulated by the 'elf – health and safety and bylaws which keep supermarkets from selling us aspirin in family-sized bottles.
Local authorities also have the power to make bylaws which can impact on protests, and more and more are doing so.
Some arts professionals involved with the center have suggested changing the bylaws, which require board unanimity on every major aspect of the plan.
The Scouts had dismissed James Dale in 1990, both as a Scout and an assistant Scoutmaster, because he was an "avowed homosexual," and had thereby violated Scout bylaws, which demand that boys remain "morally straight" and "clean".
The organization posted a statement on its Web site on Wednesday that said it was adhering to its bylaws, which were written in the late 1970s, when "the member schools at that time all recognized Sunday as the day of worship".
Milstein is suing pro football over its eligibility bylaws, which prohibit a player from entering the N.F.L. draft until he has been out of high school at least three years.
