Protections Quotes

A careful balance that maintains the common understanding of marriage as between a man and a woman, while at the same time declaring that registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits as spouses. - Bill Lockyer

[These] actions will make strong public health protections against BSE even stronger... Small as the risk may already be, this is the time to make sure the public is protected to the greatest extent possible. - Tommy Thompson

[The Washington-based Environmental Integrity project reported this week that in the past few months, the Army Corps of Engineers has opened vast tracts of wetlands to development.] Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision... And as bad as the Supreme Court decision was, the Army Corps has made it worse by going further than the opinion required. - Eric Schaeffer

[For the first time under Brown, the first-team units went live against each other in practice. The defense ran the same blitz packages OU uses, with the same stunts used at the line of scrimmage. The staff wanted Young to see the scheme with first-team speed, not scout-team speed. This would enable him to recognize the schemes quicker and to adjust the protections and his reads on the option.] I was seeing everything, ... I've never felt more comfortable at the line of scrimmage. - Vince Young