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While they only claim to want the ability to discriminate against same-sex and unmarried couples, the giving of a broad, blanket, self-defined exemption based on a religious organizations "rules of conscious" opens many doors that move beyond the LGBT community.

Waymon Hudson: Catholic Charities Sues For Right To Discriminate Waymon Hudson 2011

While they only claim to want the ability to discriminate against same-sex and unmarried couples, the giving of a broad, blanket, self-defined exemption based on a religious organizations "rules of conscious" opens many doors that move beyond the LGBT community.

Waymon Hudson: Catholic Charities Sues For Right To Discriminate Waymon Hudson 2011

Putting out the effort to help an archaic community organization survive and move on to more appropriate endeavors is a monumental task especially when senior members are mired in self-defined and egoistic pursuits.

The Lake Chapala Society 2009

Putting out the effort to help an archaic community organization survive and move on to more appropriate endeavors is a monumental task especially when senior members are mired in self-defined and egoistic pursuits.

The Lake Chapala Society 2009

Putting out the effort to help an archaic community organization survive and move on to more appropriate endeavors is a monumental task especially when senior members are mired in self-defined and egoistic pursuits.

The Lake Chapala Society 2009

Proactive, self-preserving behaviors serving a self-defined national interest -- not something you see often in the Arab world.

Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011

Proactive, self-preserving behaviors serving a self-defined national interest -- not something you see often in the Arab world.

Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011

On the other hand, their all to frequently self-defined status as “gods” or even “scientists” — both of which are false, the latter* perhaps less obviously so than the former — invites a kind of habitual argumentum ad vericundiam fallacy from them.

Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’ 2010

Proactive, self-preserving behaviors serving a self-defined national interest -- not something you see often in the Arab world.

Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011

Lara Goetsch Andrew Carter, back to camera, and Terry Hamilton in 'Frost/Nixon.' impressed I am by the way it goes about its self-defined task of producing historical dramas "that connect with today's social and political issues."

This Stoppard Is a Second 'Scoop' Terry Teachout 2010