Majority verdicts of 10: 2 have been allowed in Tasmania since 1936 for all cases except murder and treason if a unanimous decision has not been made within two hours.

Since most manuscripts of the New Testament do not derive from the first several centuries, that is, they were copied after the rise of the Byzantine text-type, this form of text is found the majority of extant manuscripts and is therefore often called the " Majority Text.

In the book, Limbaugh also stated that the word refers to unspecified women whose goal is to allow as many abortions as possible, saying at one point that there were fewer than 25 " true feminazis " in the U. S. Limbaugh has used the term to refer to members of the National Center for Women and Policing, the Feminist Majority Foundation, the National Organization for Women, and other organizations at the March for Women's Lives, a large pro-choice demonstration.

Among the American Christian leaders who spoke out in Moon's defense were conservative Jerry Falwell, head of Moral Majority, and liberal Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The leading candidates were Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, former Illinois Governor Frank Orren Lowden and Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis.

Majority of his published works were compiled from lectures given around the world.

The underpinnings for the contemporary moral panic were found in a rise of five factors in the years leading up to the 1980s: The establishment of Fundamentalist Christianity and political organization of the Moral Majority ; the rise of the Anti-cult movement which spread ideas of abusive cults kidnapping and brainwashing children and teens ; the appearance of the Church of Satan and other explicitly Satanist groups that added a kernel of truth to the existence of Satanic cults ; the appearance of the child abuse industry and a group of professionals dedicated to the protection of children ; and the popularization of posttraumatic stress disorder, repressed memory and corresponding survivor movement.

Curtis ' leadership abilities were demonstrated by his election as United States Senate Republican Whip from 1915 to 1924 and Majority Leader from 1925 to 1929.

The Moral Majority ’ s headquarters were in Lynchburg, Virginia, the same city where Falwell was the presiding minister of the nation ’ s largest independent Baptist church, Thomas Road Baptist Church.

The Moral Majority was an organization made up of conservative Christian political action committees which campaigned on issues its personnel believed were important to maintaining its Christian conception of moral law, a conception they believed represented the opinions of the majority of Americans ( hence the movement's name ).

The Moral Majority ’ s financial base seriously eroded when it became part of the Liberty Federation and financial difficulties ultimately were a major factor in the decision to disband the organization.

The Moral Majority sought to mobilize conservative Americans to become politically active on issues they thought were important.

* The Moral Majority ’ s leaders were in frequent communication with its constituents, enabling consistent messages to resonate throughout all levels of hierarchy.

The state chapters of the Moral Majority were financially independent from the national organization and relied on local resources to conduct their activities.

The Moral Majority ’ s initial political actions were aimed at supporting Jesse Helms ’ proposed legislation on school prayer.

Carter did not share the Moral Majority ’ s political imperative to unify personal and political positions and would instead support the positions of his own party, the Democratic Party, that were at odds with his personal religious stances.

Although Robertson ’ s political platforms were extremely similar to the ones the Moral Majority supported, Falwell gave his organization ’ s endorsement to contender George H. W. Bush instead.

By the late 1980s the views of the Moral Majority were challenged widely and the organization started to crumble.

Until the 1980s, Acts of the Australian state of Victoria were numbered in a continuous sequence from 1857 ; thus the Age of Majority Act 1977 was No. 9075 of 1977.

In that campaign, candidate Clinton forswore many older Democratic policies in favor of centrist Third Way policies that were championed by the Democratic Leadership Council in hopes of reconnecting with many working class voters who had begun to vote Republican in presidential campaign since 1968 — the Silent Majority of Nixon and the Reagan Democrats.

Regardless of exactly how they were intended, " Okie From Muskogee ", " The Fightin ' Side of Me ", and " I Wonder If They Think of Me " were hailed as anthems of the so-called " Silent Majority " and presaged a trend in patriotic songs that would reappear years later with Charlie Daniels ' " In America ", Lee Greenwood's " God Bless the USA ", and others.

They were also aired in part with her 1994 publication, The Tyranny of the Majority.

Majority of the series ' background music were written by Japanese composer Shigeaki Saegusa.

Five other government officials were convicted, including New Jersey State Senator Angelo Errichetti ; members of the Philadelphia City Council, including Council President George Schwartz, Majority Leader Harry Jannotti, and Councilman Louis Johanson ; and an inspector for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, whose district included portions of Houston and its suburbs, even introduced a bill in Congress banning the move, but it did not pass.

In response to Coburn's repeated holds on legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced the Advancing America's Priorities Act,, in July 2008.

In August 1994, Democratic Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell introduced a compromise proposal that would have delayed requirements of employers until 2002, and exempted small businesses.

Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority ( New York: Gotham, 2003 ) ISBN 1-59240-001-9 use of " bitch " in ebonics

However, the Majority Caucus which controls 12 seats in the 15-member Legislature includes one member of the New York State Conservative Party and one member of the New York State Independence Party.

Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the " New Christian Right "

The birth of the New Christian right, however, is usually traced to a 1979 meeting where televangelist Jerry Falwell was urged to create a " Moral Majority " organization.

Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right

Bettencourt, former Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

* Wayne Dumont ( 1914 – 92 ), former New Jersey Senate Majority Leader and Senate President.

* Dean Skelos, State Senator, New York State Senate's Republican Majority Leader.

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| Win || 43 – 2 – 2 || Kathy Collins || Majority decision || 10 || May 12, 2001 || New York City, New York, USA ||

The Byzantine text-type ( also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text ) is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts.

Amongst the bulk of later manuscripts however, it is generally possible to demonstrate a clear Byzantine majority reading for each variant ; and a Greek New Testament text based on these majority readings — " The Majority Text " — has been produced by Zane C. Hodges and Arthur L. Farstad, although this text does not correspond to any one particular manuscript.

** Gang of Four in New York Senate, Democratic senators supporting attempted change of Majority Leader in 2009 leadership crisis

* Bonnie Watson Coleman, Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Barkley, recently chosen as Senate Majority Leader by a single vote, was a strong supporter of President Roosevelt and the New Deal.

At the 2009 European Parliament election, the party ran a common " Presidential Majority " list with the smaller Radical Party as well as New Centre and Modern Left.

Although the Majority Opinion of the New York Court of Appeals in Hernandez v. Robles ( 2006 ) ( which was overridden by the New York State Legislature via enactment of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 ) ' rejected any reliance upon the Loving case as controlling upon the issue of same-sex marriage, holding that:

* Former Majority Leader of the New Hampshire State Senate Maggie Hassan

However, Hodges would consider that the Majority Text " corrects " the Received Text as seen, for example, in the Majority Text textual apparatus of the New King James Version.