Many Christians believe that marriage is defined by the union of a man and a woman, and that any sexual act outside of the marriage relationship is inherently sinful.

Many Orthodox theologians believe that all people will have an opportunity to embrace union with God, including Jesus, after their death, and so become part of the Church at that time.

Many of these workers, who became affected by the 1837 disaster, were members of a union.

Many members of the union requested that they switch the rules which were laid out by Gompers.

Many states are federated states which participate in a federal union.

Many of these clubs are now defunct or play rugby union.

Many supporters of same-sex marriage state that the word ' marriage ' matters and that the term ' civil union ' ( and its equivalents ) do not convey the emotional meaning or bring the respect that comes with marriage.

Many Wilmington City workers belong to one of several Locals of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union.

Many important reforms, especially in the area of finance, ensued, but a proposal for a union of the railway system with that of the rest of Germany failed.

Many members of the Irish Parliament jealously guarded its autonomy ( notably Henry Grattan ) and a motion for union was rejected in 1799.

Many poked fun at the union ; the New Orleans Daily Delta toyed with the likely failure of the new couple to find a willing third party to act as arbitrator when the two equals quarreled.

Many of the burghers would have at this time welcomed union with the Transvaal, but learning from Sir George Grey that such a union would nullify the conventions of 1852 and 1854 and necessitate the reconsideration of Great Britain's policy towards the native tribes north of the Orange and Vaal rivers, the project dropped.

( Many immigrants to America that agreed with the union movement formed German Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed congregations, later to be gathered as the Evangelical Synod of North America, which is now a part of the United Church of Christ.

Many of these groups merged with the teachers ’ union to form the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca ( APPO ).

Many of the animators joined the Screen Cartoonists Guild, including Art Babbitt who became one of the union leaders.

Many Congregational churches claim their descent from a family of Protestant denominations formed on a theory of union published by the theologian Robert Browne in 1592.

Many companies prefer no union whatsoever.

Many trade unionists who were members of the SDF felt that the Federation neglected trade union activities.

Many believed the union held great promise for the future success of the combined movement, and greeted the news enthusiastically.

Many members were extreme individualists who did not like being bossed around either by company foremen, or by union agents ; they represented a powerful, albeit poorly organized, " syndicalist " element — democratic, localistic, and oriented to the specific shop-floor.

Many services are offered to the students including dining, computer labs, and other recreational activities, while the lower level of the union houses the University Bookstore.

Many members of SUD are also members of the New Anticapitalist Party, but there are also communist, socialist, ecologist, and anarchist sympathizers within the union.

Many of Dixon's predictions proved false, such as her claims that a dispute over the offshore Chinese islands of Quemoy and Matsu would trigger the start of World War III in 1958, that Walter Reuther, an American labor union leader, would run for President of the United States in the 1964 presidential election, that the second child of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his young wife Margaret would be a girl ( it was a boy ), and that the Russians would be the first to put men on the moon.

Many of the music-loving members of the President's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience.

Many of them had once been members of a church or at least had been given instruction in Christianity but for one or another reason had allowed the connexion to lapse.

Many are phototrophic, although some groups contain members that are mixotrophic, deriving energy both from photosynthesis and uptake of organic carbon either by osmotrophy, myzotrophy, or phagotrophy.

Many members of this family are cultivated for various purposes.

Many people, however, became members of the French Resistance, and they are the allegorical equivalents of the voluntary sanitary teams in the novel, such as Tarrou, Rambert, and Grand, who fight back against the unspeakable evil ( the Nazi occupiers ).

Many members of the business community opposed the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Many members of the royal family died in rapid succession in early 1205, including Amalric himself.

Many individuals who have made significant contributions to Acadia University, including the first president John Pryor, were members of the First Baptist Church Halifax congregation.

Many members of the movement are also aware of this, and argue that, as long as they have a common opponent, they should march together-even if they don't share exactly the same political vision.

Many fundamental questions of craftsmanship versus mass production, the relationship of usefulness and beauty, the practical purpose of formal beauty in a commonplace object, and whether or not a single proper form could exist, were argued out among its 1, 870 members ( by 1914 ).

Many original members of the future Social Democratic Party had been members of the Manifesto Group within the Labour Party.

Many members were Serbian army officers.

Many bands, such as Mayhem and Gorgoroth, are noted for their controversial shows, which have featured impaled animal heads, mock crucifixions, medieval weaponry and band members doused in animal blood.

Many of the Army's constituent Regiments and Corps have been granted the " Royal " prefix and have members of the Royal Family occupying senior positions within some regiments.

Many Boers had German ancestry and many members of the government were themselves former Boer military leaders who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Boer War, which had ended only twelve years earlier.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Cuba openly supported the black nationalist and Marxist-oriented Black Panther Party of the U. S. Many members found their way into Cuba for political asylum, where Cuba welcomed them after they had been convicted of crimes in the U. S.

Many members of the Association of Test Publishers ( ATP ) are also certification organizations.

Many members believe that the parents involved received poor guidance from church leaders, while others contend that the process of healing through Christian Science was not done correctly.

Many prominent members of the Ruby Dynasty ruling the Skolian Empire are jagernauts.

* Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintenance ; there are several manga ( or graphic novel ) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime films, three television series and three video games.

Many sponsoring agencies employ a full-time community-service person as liaison to the CERT members.

Many former members of the Rump continued to regard themselves as England's only legitimate constitutional authority.

Many religious leaders focusing on the wrath of God instilling a fear in their members.

Many of Jones ' cartoons of the 1930s and early 1940s were lavishly animated, but audiences and fellow Schlesinger staff members found them lacking in genuine humor.