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Her appointment was very much a reflection of the times, in that her tenure predated the emergence of the Christian right and the conservative turn in the Republican Party, making it possible for a woman who supported abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment to serve in the party leadership role.
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In the new millennium, he says, the burning issues will be "demand for equal opportunity in justice and socioeconomic and political rights" - issues that his party seeks to address.
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The Alliance Party leader David Ford has compared the current debate over equal marriage legislation to the civil rights campaign 50 years ago in Northern Ireland.
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