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...movement was inspired by a prelate and a single mother. In 2005 Roger Mahony, Los Angeles' Roman Catholic Cardinal, stirred immigrants' rights activists by vowing to disobey a congressional bill that, had it become law, could arguably have criminalized any kindness toward someone who turned out to be undocumented. The bill failed, but Mahony's words helped spark nationwide pro-immigrant demonstrations. Then last August, Elvira Arellano took sanctuary in a Chicago church rather than leave her 7-year-old son. (She is still there.) At this point, says NSM co-founder the Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, several activist Los Angeles...
...powers as commander in chief.” Savage later reported on Bush’s use of another statement to avoid certain requirements in the USA Patriot Act. His April 30, 2006 story in the Globe reported, “President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.” Savage was editor of the fiction board on the Advocate and became its publisher...
...belief in causal determinism was incompatible with the concept of human free will. Jewish as well as Christian theologians have generally believed that people are responsible for their actions. They are even free to choose, as happens in the Bible, to disobey God's commandments, despite the fact that this seems to conflict with a belief that God is all knowing and all powerful...
...remain a virgin requires the ability to temporarily disobey the raging hormones about which we were all warned in middle school. However, the most difficult aspect of abstinence is maintaining mental toughness in situations that could potentially drive a stake between you and the boyfriend for whom you care deeply...
...states in its section on plagiarism that “your citation must accurately reflect your process.” The guide instructs students to cite the document where they found information or quotations—even if that document in turn cites a separate source. To students who disobey this rule, the guide warns, “you are misleading your reader and possibly embarrassing yourself...