Controversy surrounded the companionship he had developed with Erin Fleming, which consequently raised disputes over his estate.

Controversy later surrounded Body Count over its song " Cop Killer ", a song intended as a narrative from the view of a criminal getting revenge on racist police officers guilty of brutality, from the National Rifle Association and various police advocacy groups.

Controversy surrounded the network in 2002 and 2003 over obscenities, expressed respectively by Cher and Nicole Richie, aired live on the network's broadcasts of the Billboard Music Awards on its affiliates in the Eastern and Central Time Zones despite the use of five-second audio delays ; the indecent material was edited out on broadcasts in the Mountain Time Zone and westward.

Controversy surrounded Holst's friendship with Noel, whose opinions grew progressively uncompromising, leading to his displaying the Red Flag and that of Sinn Fein in the church.

Controversy also surrounded the premieres of two other major works of the 1950s, the Piano Concerto ( 1955 ) and the Second Symphony ( 1957 ).

Controversy still surrounded the relationship between the Church of Scotland's independence and the civil law of Scotland.

Controversy surrounded Skandia in the mid-noughties, mostly due to illegal internal affairs with the Swedish Skandia Life, and for having provided executives with subsidized apartments in Stockholm.

Controversy has long surrounded the precise dietary preference of Coelodonta as past investigations have found both grazing and browsing modes of life to be plausible.

Controversy surrounded the 2005 United States Grand Prix, where only 6 of the 22 cars took the green due to problems with Michelin tires, which likely damaged the reputation of the event and the F1 in general in the USA market.

Controversy surrounded the appointment, given the suspicions that drug use had been rife in East German sports and that any senior coach would have been involved or had knowledge of the drugs programme.

Controversy surrounded Genro's decision on granting refugee status to Battisti.

Controversy surrounded Rescue Me after an episode in season 3 (" Sparks ") showed Tommy raping his ex-wife, Janet.

Controversy surrounded the removal of reggae artists Vybz Kartel and Elephant Man from the ' Best Reggae Act ' category at the 2004 awards due to their homophobia and incitement to murder.

Controversy surrounded the Ligier JS41 car, with rival team owners comparing it to the Benetton B195 car because of their similar design, the only apparent difference being the engine in each car.

Controversy surrounded Benetton following the Verstappen pit-fire at Hockenheim.

Controversy surrounded the American premiere and other productions in the years which followed.

Controversy surrounded the issue of whether the cross atop the dome until 1915 should be replaced.

Controversy has surrounded these plates and their engravings, but most experts agree they are of ancient vintage.

Controversy surrounded the mural in 2005, when Brian Barnes added a painting of Jean Charles de Menezes to the memorial which was removed soon after.

Controversy surrounded the music in the album for both its religious and sexual overtones, particularly the first three singles.

Controversy surrounded the split with Davi mainly due to comments in his personal Myspace page.

Controversy has surrounded " I'll Be Home for Christmas ," since it was first published.

Controversy surrounded the costs of the tram, which nearly quadrupled from initial estimates.

Controversy surrounded Popovich during the 1996 – 97 NBA season when he fired Bob Hill 18 games into his third season as Spurs head coach.

Controversy arose around the case, due to the ambiguity of the video.

Controversy was fuelled when Robbe-Grillet and Resnais appeared to give contradictory answers to the question whether the man and woman had actually met at Marienbad last year or not ; this was used as a means of attacking the film by those who disliked it.

He became prominent in the Archpriest Controversy as a champion of the secular priests in their dispute with the Jesuits, and in 1601 some writings by him on this question appeared which were answered by Robert Parsons.

The Valladolid Controversy was organized by King Charles V ( grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella ) to give an answer to the question whether the Native Americans were capable of self-governance.

Controversy arose when a man who visited the exhibition at the Tate realized that the paintings in question were not copies but the originals and reported this to The Times who then wrote about it.

Controversy over Arianism arose in the late 3rd century and persisted throughout most of the 4th century.

* William C. Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy, ( Sources of Early Christian Thought ), 1980, ISBN 0-8006-1410-0

In particular the so-called Plague of Justinian had ravaged the region and conflict remained endemic, with the Three-Chapter Controversy sparking religious opposition and administration at a standstill after the able governor of the peninsula, Narses, was recalled.

Controversy over Omari's identity erupted shortly after the attacks.

A Hallucinogenic Tea, Laced with Controversy: Ayahuasca in the Amazon and the United States.

* Hanson, R. P. C., The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318-381 ( T .& T.

Controversy long raged among scholars over the location of the battlefield.

Controversy has arisen over various sexual interpretations made regarding the content of Batman comics in the early decades.

Controversy continues over which term is more appropriate.

The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes ' Rule Cracked The Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy.

Controversy surrounds alleged CIA involvement in the coup.

The Great Controversy, p. 624.

Controversy around this issue was frequent.

Gray, Michael W. Herren, " Columbanus and the Three Chapters Controversy: A New Approach ," Journal of Theological Studies, NS, 45 ( 1994 ) 160 – 170.

Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi ( later Pope Honorius II ) and the Diet of Würzburg ( 1121 ) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V entered into an agreement that effectively ended the Investiture Controversy.

Its simple and radical solution of the Investiture Controversy between the prerogatives of regnum and sacredoium proposed that German churchmen would surrender their lands and secular offices to the emperor and constitute a purely spiritual church.

" The Inoculation Controversy in Boston: 1721-1722.

" A Reconsideration of the Inoculation Controversy.

Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion.

Controversy in matters of theology has traditionally been particularly heated, giving rise to the phrase odium theologicum.

Controversies are frequently thought to be a result of a lack of confidence on the part of the disputants-as in Benford's Law of Controversy.