demeaned

And interestingly, as usual, it is the Bible based, Evangelistic, GOP, Republican Right who have once again demeaned our President!

Obama delivers controversial school speech 2009

Frances Crook, head of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the phrase demeaned criminals and hindered their rehabilitation.

Evening Standard - Home 2010

Frances Crook, head of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the phrase demeaned criminals and hindered their rehabilitation.

Evening Standard - Home 2010

Satan retreated, hid himself, surreptitiously arose again, awaited his chance, taking advantage of unguarded and weak moments, and in one word demeaned himself as a very live and sagacious Satan.

The Bride of Dreams Frederik van Eeden 1896

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Chavez's words "demeaned" himself and his nation.

Seth Swirsky: Be Ashamed. Be Very Ashamed. 2008

It's probably because those issues really came up with the people he spoke to, those citizens he supposedly "demeaned".

John Farr: There's Truth In Obama's Words About the Middle Class 2008

But author Shannon O'Toole said these events "demeaned" female football fans, who now make up 43% of the NFL fan base.

USATODAY.com - Pricey celebrity events mix sex, big game 2006

Or the state's interest in preserving "traditional institutions" -- like marriage between different-sex couples -- might overcome a homosexual's right to not be "demeaned," as Justice Kennedy put it.

The War Over Gay Marriage 2007

In a 1996 congressional debate, Rep. Henry Hyde said the very idea of same-sex marriage "demeaned" his marriage.

Speedlinking 7/2/07 William Harryman 2007

When, as the newest member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Webb praised those military men "of moral conscience" whom the Bush administration had "demeaned" and "destroyed" for their opposition to the war, Newbold was among those he had in mind.

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007