In all our analyses, views on premarital sex rather than on abortion or homosexuality are the most robustly associated with evangelicalism, suggesting that what sparked the growth of evangelicalism was less hot-button politics than deeply personal moral concerns. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)
Going on to invoke nearly every hot-button issue of the day including abortion, immigration, and “xenophobia,” Rabbi Knobel leaves his congregants with the injunction to “consider how this great superpower will use its resources to help bring about a safer, more just and compassionate world.” ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)
UPDATED 2: 30 P.M. Of all the hot-button national issues that rarely get an airing in overwhelmingly Democratic D.C., abortion is the one that tends to get discussed least of all in city politics. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)
But forces outside her control - namely the future ideological makeup of the court and the unforeseen hot-button issues that will confront her - will ultimately shape the legacy she will leave. ❋ Unknown (2009)
- The president is passing this hot-button topic over to Congress rather than issuing an executive order so he can wipe his hands of this campaign promise. ❋ Howard Steven Friedman (2010)
The foreclosure mess has become a hot-button political issue with mid-term elections coming up. ❋ Ariana Eunjung Cha (2010)
DETROIT—Ford Motor Co. paid Chief Executive Alan Mulally more than $26.5 million in salary and stock compensation last year, an amount likely to become a hot-button union issue during labor negotiations later this year. ❋ Jeff Bennett (2011)
In recent years, the solicitor general's office has kept a relatively low profile, yet at various points in past decades it has spurred controversy because of conflicts within an administration on hot-button cases such as those related to abortion, civil rights and the environment. ❋ Unknown (2011)
- Jonathan O'Connell and myself report on what promises to be a hot-button issue for a city government struggling to close a huge budget hole: William C. Smith & Co. is ready to bring a Whole Foods Market to the Nationals Park area, just across the Southeast Freeway from Capitol Hill. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2011)
This is only the latest of a series of requests from Marshall for legal opinions from Cuccinelli on hot-button issues. ❋ Rosalind Helderman (2010)
Credit Suisse shareholders are granted a consultative vote on banker pay, which is a hot-button issue, particularly among retail shareholders in Switzerland. ❋ Katharina Bart (2011)
If Democrats can make Buck's positions -- especially his pre-primary positions and subsequent reversals -- on hot-button issues broadly understood, they can both hold Bennet's lead among women and strongly motivate the Democratic base to vote on November 2nd. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As a presumed member of the progressive faction, Sotomayor could find herself on the losing end of many a fight over hot-button issues in the near future, relegating her to writing dissents. ❋ Unknown (2009)
After all, the plot is essentially about a man exiled overseas by a hot-button political issue of his own making. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The dynamics of the ordinary news cycle focus our attention on the most immediate, hot-button stories, causing us to lurch from controversy to controversy, as the examples in the opening paragraph suggest. ❋ Jonathan Weiler (2010)
The attack comes just days after Giffords, a Democrat, was sworn in for a third term, after narrowly defeating Republican Jesse Kelly in a fierce re-election battle that focused on hot-button issues such as health care and immigration. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"Republicans should not be using the budget process to deal with hot-button social issues," Van Hollen added, referring to recent Republican amendments such as one that would block federal funding for Planned Parenthood. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Too often, they said, discussions in the media and elsewhere focus on hot-button topics such as estate taxes and farm subsidies, which in reality are too small to have much of an impact on the budget. ❋ Amir Efrati (2011)
When I talked to my girlfriend about her dead father, she got really [pissed off] and [slapped] me in the face. I guess that was a [hot button] issue for her. ❋ Ovamp (2009)
Bill: hey girl can I press your [hot button]?
Lexi: [oh bill] [yes you can] touch my hot button ❋ Sk8rboi6969 (2018)
Dude, Last night was [so weird], I had a dream I was having the sex, and i woke up to [a belly] button [hot tub]. ❋ PRAWLN (2022)
