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If you look at the letter that was issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, they point out that the category sexual orientation is problematic because it’s not defined, most Abrahamic faith traditions will draw a distinction between someone who experiences the same sex attraction but is willing to live celibate and somebody who experiences the same sex attraction and makes it a lifestyle and seeks to sexualize that lifestyle. Those are two different categories that most Abrahamic faith traditions recognize. – Matthew Kacsmaryk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
People have been referring to us when they do as a Twitter alternative, which I think is an important distinction from a Twitter replacement. – Jae Kaplan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Most technology is neither good nor bad, that distinction is reserved for people. – Shelly Palmer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's so important because this election is not about people. This is about ideas. We're talking common sense versus ideology. We're talking about a country that is of, by and for the people, and a country that is of, by and for the government, we need to make sure that people really understand that distinction because there's an attempt to divert attention away from the real issues. – Justin Sullivan/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Electronic warfare is central to knocking the Russians off balance, this is an important distinction. We need to be able to attack their comms and targeting networks. – Chris Dougherty	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Los Angeles Police Department has the distinction of facilitating First Amendment Rights for all Angelenos. Equally, the Department will enforce the law when individuals engage in violence. Those who expressed themselves peacefully today are appreciated and recognized by the Los Angeles Police Department. – The LAPD	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Such an arrangement would violate House Rules and the House Ethics Manual regulations which clearly states that 'no logical distinction can be drawn between the private contribution of in-kind services and the private contribution of money, and that both perpetuate the very kind of unofficial office accounts and practices that are prohibited' by the rule. – The Republican letter	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The stellar performance of' Top Gun : Maverick' marks an important turning point, this is a very important weekend for both the industry and Cruise who has demonstrated his undeniable star power and status as a true movie star in an era where this type of distinction has become increasingly rare. – Paul Dergarabedian	Found on CNN 1 year ago
To be sure, we are unable to divine the Founders' specific views on whether 18-to-20-year-olds had a stronger claim than 17-year-olds to the Second Amendment guarantee. The Founders may not even have shared a collective view on such a subtle and fine-grained distinction. – Judge Edward Pardo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Proper action for Ukraine right now, for support to Ukraine right now, would be weaponry, ukraine is constantly asking for weaponry and not only defensive weaponry, but also offensive weaponry. In our situation, this distinction between defensive and offensive is, frankly speaking, humiliating. In our situation, all weapons are defensive because we are defending our lands. – Anastasia Radina	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I always say that a coach that I would work with, I would work for. It’s somebody that I would want to partner with, i wouldn’t care about that distinction because they understand about personnel and about living in today and living in tomorrow that would make us a great partnership. – Kwesi Adofo-Mensah	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For virtually his entire adult life, including a quarter century on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer has served his country with the highest possible distinction. He is, and always has been, a model jurist. – Dick Durbin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The distinction between male versus female biological design is categorical ; in the same way that, say, a NASCAR vehicle is distinct from an F1 car in auto racing. – Linda Blade	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think that’s an important distinction to make when you have a variant like omicron which is much more widespread, you are going to have people who get into a car accident and go into the emergency room. They’re swabbing everybody, and you’re going to have people that have incidental positives. – Ron DeSantis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Let us go no further down this road, i hope the Republican Leader and I can, in the coming months, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster, which is the most important distinction between the Senate and the House. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Today's quakes can be thought of as something like a main-shock and a swarm of aftershocks, the one distinction being that in this case, there's not a lot of magnitude difference among them. – Harold Tobin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's a distinction between hopeful and reality. It's good to hope but it is much too early to conclude that Omicron only produces mild infections. We don't have those data, covid has thrown us several curveballs. – William Schaffner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He has dedicated over a decade of his life to the University of Maryland, and has coached with distinction and honor. He leaves College Park as the 2020 Big Ten Conference champion and with more than 225 victories. He's a great coach and a great person, and I wish Mark, his wife Ann and his entire family all the best in the next chapter of their lives. – Mark Turgeon	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We didn't want this to be' DC Comics creates new queer Superman,' we want this to be' Superman finds himself, becomes Superman and then comes out,' and I think that's a really important distinction there. – Tom Taylor	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In the same way that when the distinction [ was ] made between Southern Resident killer whales, that shaped the understanding of their needs in terms of conservation or threats they faced, if indeed there are two distinct related populations of transient killer whales, they presently have different needs as well. – Andrew Trites	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That designation doesn't acknowledge how political and economic circumstances -- the root causes that lead to migration -- are intertwined, we continue to see the legacy of that distinction even today. – Regine Jackson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I love Justin Herbert, buy with one distinction. I was surprised they did not keep( the offensive coordinator) somehow from last year. He played as well last year as any QB in the league. When you have a change in systems you never know( the) effect on the QB. – June Jones	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There was a lot of anxiety in society on potential discrimination, (The government) said, ‘There will be a distinction between people: Those who have the vaccination card, and those who do not.'. – David Vig	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The National Hockey League family is saddened to learn of the passing of George Armstrong, for 70 years, he represented his beloved Maple Leafs and the entire NHL with class and distinction as a player, coach, executive and ambassador. – Gary Bettman	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

If you look at the letter that was issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, they point out that the category sexual orientation is problematic because it’s not defined, most Abrahamic faith traditions will draw a distinction between someone who experiences the same sex attraction but is willing to live celibate and somebody who experiences the same sex attraction and makes it a lifestyle and seeks to sexualize that lifestyle. Those are two different categories that most Abrahamic faith traditions recognize.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People have been referring to us when they do as a Twitter alternative, which I think is an important distinction from a Twitter replacement.

– Jae Kaplan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Most technology is neither good nor bad, that distinction is reserved for people.

– Shelly Palmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's so important because this election is not about people. This is about ideas. We're talking common sense versus ideology. We're talking about a country that is of, by and for the people, and a country that is of, by and for the government, we need to make sure that people really understand that distinction because there's an attempt to divert attention away from the real issues.

– Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Electronic warfare is central to knocking the Russians off balance, this is an important distinction. We need to be able to attack their comms and targeting networks.

– Chris Dougherty

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Los Angeles Police Department has the distinction of facilitating First Amendment Rights for all Angelenos. Equally, the Department will enforce the law when individuals engage in violence. Those who expressed themselves peacefully today are appreciated and recognized by the Los Angeles Police Department.

– The LAPD

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Such an arrangement would violate House Rules and the House Ethics Manual regulations which clearly states that 'no logical distinction can be drawn between the private contribution of in-kind services and the private contribution of money, and that both perpetuate the very kind of unofficial office accounts and practices that are prohibited' by the rule.

– The Republican letter

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The stellar performance of' Top Gun : Maverick' marks an important turning point, this is a very important weekend for both the industry and Cruise who has demonstrated his undeniable star power and status as a true movie star in an era where this type of distinction has become increasingly rare.

– Paul Dergarabedian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To be sure, we are unable to divine the Founders' specific views on whether 18-to-20-year-olds had a stronger claim than 17-year-olds to the Second Amendment guarantee. The Founders may not even have shared a collective view on such a subtle and fine-grained distinction.

– Judge Edward Pardo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Proper action for Ukraine right now, for support to Ukraine right now, would be weaponry, ukraine is constantly asking for weaponry and not only defensive weaponry, but also offensive weaponry. In our situation, this distinction between defensive and offensive is, frankly speaking, humiliating. In our situation, all weapons are defensive because we are defending our lands.

– Anastasia Radina

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I always say that a coach that I would work with, I would work for. It’s somebody that I would want to partner with, i wouldn’t care about that distinction because they understand about personnel and about living in today and living in tomorrow that would make us a great partnership.

– Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For virtually his entire adult life, including a quarter century on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer has served his country with the highest possible distinction. He is, and always has been, a model jurist.

– Dick Durbin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The distinction between male versus female biological design is categorical ; in the same way that, say, a NASCAR vehicle is distinct from an F1 car in auto racing.

– Linda Blade

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that’s an important distinction to make when you have a variant like omicron which is much more widespread, you are going to have people who get into a car accident and go into the emergency room. They’re swabbing everybody, and you’re going to have people that have incidental positives.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let us go no further down this road, i hope the Republican Leader and I can, in the coming months, find a way to build a firewall around the legislative filibuster, which is the most important distinction between the Senate and the House.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today's quakes can be thought of as something like a main-shock and a swarm of aftershocks, the one distinction being that in this case, there's not a lot of magnitude difference among them.

– Harold Tobin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a distinction between hopeful and reality. It's good to hope but it is much too early to conclude that Omicron only produces mild infections. We don't have those data, covid has thrown us several curveballs.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He has dedicated over a decade of his life to the University of Maryland, and has coached with distinction and honor. He leaves College Park as the 2020 Big Ten Conference champion and with more than 225 victories. He's a great coach and a great person, and I wish Mark, his wife Ann and his entire family all the best in the next chapter of their lives.

– Mark Turgeon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We didn't want this to be' DC Comics creates new queer Superman,' we want this to be' Superman finds himself, becomes Superman and then comes out,' and I think that's a really important distinction there.

– Tom Taylor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In the same way that when the distinction [ was ] made between Southern Resident killer whales, that shaped the understanding of their needs in terms of conservation or threats they faced, if indeed there are two distinct related populations of transient killer whales, they presently have different needs as well.

– Andrew Trites

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That designation doesn't acknowledge how political and economic circumstances -- the root causes that lead to migration -- are intertwined, we continue to see the legacy of that distinction even today.

– Regine Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I love Justin Herbert, buy with one distinction. I was surprised they did not keep( the offensive coordinator) somehow from last year. He played as well last year as any QB in the league. When you have a change in systems you never know( the) effect on the QB.

– June Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There was a lot of anxiety in society on potential discrimination, (The government) said, ‘There will be a distinction between people: Those who have the vaccination card, and those who do not.'.

– David Vig

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The National Hockey League family is saddened to learn of the passing of George Armstrong, for 70 years, he represented his beloved Maple Leafs and the entire NHL with class and distinction as a player, coach, executive and ambassador.

– Gary Bettman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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