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I just want to make very clear, people who experience a same-sex attraction are not responsible individually or solely for the atmosphere of the sexual revolution, you know it. It’s a long time coming. It came after no-fault divorce. It came after we implemented very permissive policies on contraception. The sexual revolution has gone through several phases. We just happen to be at the phase now where same sex marriages is at the fore. – Matthew Kacsmaryk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Banning abortion after four months is consistent with Florida law and more permissive than all but two European countries, why doesn’t the media ask Val Demings why she doesn’t support a single restriction on abortions? She is an extremist that supports abortion, for any reason, at any time up to the moment of birth and paid for by taxpayers. – Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
New York's strong gun laws have saved lives for more than a century, and the Supreme Court's decision to open the door for millions of New Yorkers to carry a concealed weapon is a nightmare for public safety, evidence is overwhelming that states with permissive gun laws see much higher rates of gun deaths -- from accidents to suicide, domestic incidents to street crime. – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We put some parameters on it but try to be as permissive as possible to let these institutions best help their student-athletes. – Morgan McGarvey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
While we share the sentiments of the bill, in order to preserve the Secretary’s flexibility to manage the Department, revisions would be appropriate to make mandates and prescriptive provisions into permissive authorities, such that the Secretary would be authorized to set up the office and envoy. – State Department	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In a super permissive fiscal environment. – Larry Summers	Found on CNN 2 years ago
More specifically, the rate of mass shootings in permissive states appears to be increasing since 2010, while the rate in restrictive states appears to be decreasing, we were somewhat surprised most by the recent, growing divergence in the rates of mass shootings between permissive and restrictive states. – Charles Branas	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We were somewhat surprised most by the recent, growing divergence in the rates of mass shootings between permissive and restrictive states. – Charles Branas	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A diet plan is only good if you can realistically adhere to it, so it’s key to structure the plan around your specific lifestyle and to build permissive indulgent moments into the plan, like a weekly programmed cheat meal on Saturday night when you know you’ll be around friends and family. – Jonathan Thompson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Ichthyornis shows the ways in which evolution is both complex and elegant, permissive of individual changes and massive integrated transformations. – Yale University	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The U.S. actually has a pretty permissive immigration regime where qualified company executives are concerned. It's a matter of a couple of months of visa processing and the job can certainly be done from here. – Uday Singh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We cannot introduce our ground forces into Yemen, it would be absolutely counterproductive, we would get nowhere with it the situation on the ground is non-permissive, so unstable and unsafe that it is really difficult to introduce too many American forces because they themselves then become a target. – Stephen Seche	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The laws of many of the states in the U.S. are much more permissive, creating an atmosphere where there are not enough constraints on the use of force. A comprehensive review of the system is needed -- the enabling laws, the kinds of weapons the police use, the training they receive and the use of technology such as on-body cameras to ensure accountability. – Christof Heyns	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights. – Richard Milhous Nixon	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I just want to make very clear, people who experience a same-sex attraction are not responsible individually or solely for the atmosphere of the sexual revolution, you know it. It’s a long time coming. It came after no-fault divorce. It came after we implemented very permissive policies on contraception. The sexual revolution has gone through several phases. We just happen to be at the phase now where same sex marriages is at the fore.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Banning abortion after four months is consistent with Florida law and more permissive than all but two European countries, why doesn’t the media ask Val Demings why she doesn’t support a single restriction on abortions? She is an extremist that supports abortion, for any reason, at any time up to the moment of birth and paid for by taxpayers.

– Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

New York's strong gun laws have saved lives for more than a century, and the Supreme Court's decision to open the door for millions of New Yorkers to carry a concealed weapon is a nightmare for public safety, evidence is overwhelming that states with permissive gun laws see much higher rates of gun deaths -- from accidents to suicide, domestic incidents to street crime.

– Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We put some parameters on it but try to be as permissive as possible to let these institutions best help their student-athletes.

– Morgan McGarvey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While we share the sentiments of the bill, in order to preserve the Secretary’s flexibility to manage the Department, revisions would be appropriate to make mandates and prescriptive provisions into permissive authorities, such that the Secretary would be authorized to set up the office and envoy.

– State Department

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In a super permissive fiscal environment.

– Larry Summers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

More specifically, the rate of mass shootings in permissive states appears to be increasing since 2010, while the rate in restrictive states appears to be decreasing, we were somewhat surprised most by the recent, growing divergence in the rates of mass shootings between permissive and restrictive states.

– Charles Branas

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We were somewhat surprised most by the recent, growing divergence in the rates of mass shootings between permissive and restrictive states.

– Charles Branas

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A diet plan is only good if you can realistically adhere to it, so it’s key to structure the plan around your specific lifestyle and to build permissive indulgent moments into the plan, like a weekly programmed cheat meal on Saturday night when you know you’ll be around friends and family.

– Jonathan Thompson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Ichthyornis shows the ways in which evolution is both complex and elegant, permissive of individual changes and massive integrated transformations.

– Yale University

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The U.S. actually has a pretty permissive immigration regime where qualified company executives are concerned. It's a matter of a couple of months of visa processing and the job can certainly be done from here.

– Uday Singh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We cannot introduce our ground forces into Yemen, it would be absolutely counterproductive, we would get nowhere with it the situation on the ground is non-permissive, so unstable and unsafe that it is really difficult to introduce too many American forces because they themselves then become a target.

– Stephen Seche

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The laws of many of the states in the U.S. are much more permissive, creating an atmosphere where there are not enough constraints on the use of force. A comprehensive review of the system is needed -- the enabling laws, the kinds of weapons the police use, the training they receive and the use of technology such as on-body cameras to ensure accountability.

– Christof Heyns

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.

– Richard Milhous Nixon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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