Opponents of repeal, such as Enoch Powell and Adrian Hilton, feel that it would lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England as the state religion if a Roman Catholic were to come to the throne.

Opponents of food irradiation sometimes state that large-scale irradiation would increase processing, transportation, and handling times for fruits and vegetables thus contributing to a negative ecological balance compared to locally grown foods.

Opponents denounced the law as a triumph of the hated slave power -- that is the political power of the rich slave owners, who would buy up the best lands in Kansas leaving ordinary men with the leftovers.

Opponents to the legislation voiced fears that the country would become a haven for money launderers and other sorts of criminal activity.

Opponents, usually lawyers and leftist political parties, argued that plea bargaining would greatly infringe on the rights of defense, the long-standing constitutional right of presumption of innocence, the rights of suspects in police custody, and the right to a fair trial.

Opponents of a 100 %- reserve standard consider a 100 %- reserve standard difficult to implement, saying that the quantity of gold in the world is too small to sustain current worldwide economic activity at current gold prices ; implementation would entail a many-fold increase in the price of gold.

Opponents denounced the law as a triumph of the hated “ slave power ” that is the political power of the rich slave owners, who would buy up the best lands in Kansas leaving ordinary men with the leftovers.

Opponents say that such a market would encourage criminals by making it easier for them to claim that their stolen organs were legal.

Opponents widely criticized the party's failure to elect a candidate by a primary vote, and Thurmond announced that he would mount a write-in campaign.

Opponents of these decisions have argued that if all corporate rights under the Constitution were abolished, it would clear the way for greater regulation of campaign spending and contributions.

Opponents, such as Dean Russell in The TVA Idea, in addition to condemning the project as being socialist, argued that TVA created a " hidden loss " by preventing the creation of " factories and jobs that would have come into existence if the government had allowed the taxpayers to spend their money as they wished.

Opponents also state categorizing patients based on factors such as social value to the community or age will not work in a heterogeneous society without a common ethical consensus such as the U. S. Doug Bandow of the CATO Institute wrote government decision making would " override the differences in preferences and circumstances " for individuals and that it is a matter of personal liberty to be able to buy as much or as little care as one wants.

Opponents of the Treaty claimed that it was a " technocratic " rather than " democratic " treaty, which would further diminish the sovereignty of national and regional parliaments, and would further concentrate power into a centralised and unaccountable bureaucracy.

Opponents pointed out that leading pro-treaty politicians had admitted if referendums had been held in countries other than Ireland, it would probably have been defeated there as well.

Opponents of Mao point out the Cultural Revolution as a time of unprecedented social chaos attributed to Mao's fear of losing power, and the effects of such deep-seated impact from the movement wasted an entire generation of Chinese who would be productive forces in the economy.

Opponents of Kissinger claimed that the latter would be the dominant influence on Ford's foreign policy, and his continuation in the dual roles was proof of this.

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Opponents to the consolidation measure asserted that cost savings alleged by a widely circulated report were incorrect and / or unsubstantiated and that individual voter representation would be diluted by the merged municipal structure.

Opponents of repeal brought forth many arguments for staying dry, including initiating one rumor that the land donated so long ago for the site of the University would revert to the heirs of the donors if the ordinance was repealed, resulting in a huge cost to the state to repurchase it.

Opponents feared that closure of the school would cause the town to disappear.

Opponents of the plan, favoring remaining under direct King County government, asserted fears that increased density and higher taxes would result from annexation despite proponents showing studies that taxes and fees would be unchanged.

Opponents feared that the policy would take research out of the hands of scientists.

Opponents of school vouchers say allowing families the option of both public and private schools undermines the public education system through threatening its funding and enrollment.

Opponents say that if it is high enough to be effective, it increases unemployment, particularly among workers with very low productivity due to inexperience or handicap, thereby harming less skilled workers and possibly excluding some groups from the labor market ; additionally it is less effective and more damaging to businesses than other methods of reducing poverty.

Opponents say that many educational agencies have adopted outcomes which focus too much on attitudes ( e. g., " Students will enjoy physical education class ") rather than academic content.

Opponents, who sometimes say that affirmative action is " reverse discrimination ", further claim that affirmative action has undesirable side-effects in addition to failing to achieve its goals.

Opponents say that this undermines individual freedom and personal responsibility, and worry that the state may be emboldened to remove more and more choice in the name of better population health overall.

Opponents of unilateralism say it rejects the essential interwoven nature of modern global politics and perhaps underestimates the extent to which a conflict in one country can affect civilians in others.

Opponents, citing the previous denials of expansion, say it should again be denied due to groundwater contamination, as well as increased traffic, odor, and lower aesthetics and property values.

Opponents of HSAs say they worsen, rather than improve, the U. S. health system's problems because people who are healthy will leave insurance plans while people who have health problems will avoid HSAs.

Opponents of the toll argue that it leads to double taxation, and say it is the first time " the federal government has put tolls on an existing interstate.

Opponents say that the bill is just a legal mechanism for releasing supporters of the present government who have been imprisoned on coup-related charges.

Opponents of the Pre-Adamite hypothesis say that the Pre-Adamite hypothesis places human morality before Adam and Eve's sin.

Opponents of coursing say that the converse is true, namely that coursing takes place where hares live rather than hares living where coursing takes place.

Opponents of the law say that it will ultimately cost the state “$ 26. 4 billion in economic activity, $ 11. 7 billion in gross state product and approximately 140, 024 jobs ” if all illegal immigrants are removed from the state .< ref > Ed Barnes, Cost of Illegal Immigration Rising Rapidly in Arizona, Study Finds, 17 May 2010, 29 November 2010 < http :// www. foxnews. com / us / 2010 / 05 / 17 / immigration-costs-rising-rapidlty-new-study-says />.</ ref >

" Opponents will say, show me them.

Opponents say that frivolous parties make a mockery of an important public process, and undermine the prestige of the democratic system.

Opponents say the TÜV test is not enough to guarantee vehicle safety today.

Opponents of musical instruments in the Christian worship believe that such opposition is supported by the New Testament and Church history.

Opponents of food irradiation and consumer activists argue that the final proof is missing that irradiated food is " safe " ( i. e. not unwholesome ) and that the lack of long-term studies should be a further reason not to permit food irradiation.

Opponents do argue that the simple fact of producing a communication is not by itself leading to a direct result on the public opinion, unless this one is considered as a merely passive mass in front of an irresistible communication ...

Opponents of Harrison have argued that a phrase in Pope Pius XII's legislation " Cardinals who have been deposed or who have resigned, however, are barred and may not be reinstated even for the purpose of voting ", though it speaks of someone deposed or resigned from the cardinalate, not of someone who may have incurred automatic excommunication but has not been officially declared excommunicated, means that, even if someone is permitted to attend, that does not automatically translate into electability.

Opponents of intensive farming argue that it harms the environment, creates human health risks and is inhumane.

" Opponents claim that they deviate from the text in a number of places ( for example, the Baker is supposed to have whiskers and hair, Fit the Fourth, but in the illustrations he is bald ) and hence should be discounted.

Opponents of evolution theory have often maintained that social Darwinism is a logical entailment of a belief in evolutionary theory, while biologists and historians maintain that it is rather a perversion of Charles Darwin's ideas.

Opponents also contend that affirmative action devalues the accomplishments of all those who belong to groups it is intended to help, therefore making affirmative action counterproductive.

Opponents of quotas object that one group is favored at the expense of another whenever a quota is invoked ( i. e., 8 out of 10 available positions ) rather than factors such as grade point averages or test scores.

Opponents of Communist states claim that this is a form of indoctrination.

Opponents of Medicare often raise issues such as long wait times, a ' brain-drain ' drawing qualified professionals away from Canada to other jurisdictions where working in the health care field is more profitable, and impairment of the Canadian health care system due to budget cuts.

Opponents of the current reform care proposals fear that U. S. comparative effective research ( a plan introduced in the stimulus bill ) will be used to curtail spending and ration treatments, which is one function of NICE, arguing that rationing by market pricing rather by government is the best way for care to be rationed.