How To Use Consensual In A Sentence

However, the consensual theory of the Church canonists would have been attentive to and would have valorized ‘the freedom and autonomy of the individual in the crucial matter of marriage’.
Consultation is traditional in the consensual Belgian system of labour relations.
He claimed he had had a consensual sexual relationship with all three of the boys when they were aged 14 or 15.
`It's nobody's business what goes on in a consensual relationship between a man and his waterfowl. BAD MEDICINE
Haslam said he consensually kissed and cuddled a patient.

It follows from this that even consensual sexual activity between 15-year-olds will be criminal in the eyes of the law.
The government has backed away from its plans to decriminalise consensual sexual behaviour between teenagers.
British journalists are apparently consensually beguiled by the former, while the latter beat desperately on the door of the media, which will not open. Lobbyists can do good but they need to be on a register | letters
Letterman declared that Cain is the first candidate this year to use the word 'consensual.'' Breaking News: CBS News
These priests could easily go out and find gay males their age, or each other for that matter, and engage in consensual gay sex. Think Progress » Catholic League: Church Abuse Scandal Is A Crisis Of ‘Homosexuality,’ Not ‘Pedophilia’
That's why these laws governing consensual sex must be repealed.
The attorneys dodged questions about whether Strauss-Kahn acted inappropriately - what he described as a consensual sexual encounter with Diallo being, clearly, infidelity to his wife. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Pitino, who is married, was never charged, though he admitted having what he called consensual sex that lasted just 15 seconds, because, he said, she told him she was "extremely fertile. NBC San Diego -
In fact, it leads to a fundamental blocking of good analysis, nearly on par with a failure to understand the concept of consensuality. International Marriage Broker Act passes! Plus, Bush admin refuses to release rules to help battered immigrant women.
An affair is consensual sex and/or emotional entanglement between two willing adults, one of which has previously promised not to do such things.
Zuma insists she implicitly asked for it and called the tryst consensual. Andrew Belonsky: Will Jacob Zuma's South Africa Be Democracy's Shame?
He admitted in court using the Viacom ruse 30 times over 10 years to get women into his vehicle for what he called consensual sex. Thestar.com - Home Page
In terms of government legislation, empirical research has indicated that a consensual model is indeed more applicable.
He then submitted a statement saying he had consensual sex with a woman he saw on the street after meeting her in a club earlier.
Pre-earthquake Haiti had "small government" -- the neocon and so-called "conversative" political factions in the USA and their dupes prescribe "small government" which provides no regulation, and little in the way of central monitoring and control except for enforcing sectarian-based intrusion and exercising sovereignty over citizen's personal lives, including decisions about reproduction, pregnancy, and supposedly private consensual activities.... Making Light: Open thread 134
Consensual sexual contact between two males can be a criminal activity.
If there is a website proclaiming that all consensual sex is within the law, this is a serious matter.
Consensual intimate studentprofessor relationships are not analogous to other professional relationships such as patient-doctor relationships.
BDSM is consensual, between two people who have agreed to it, and the very language of the contract denies any consensual nature to this. A Note On The Sick Dude With The Contract And All
The Lib Dems have a reputation for promoting a consensual, non-confrontational approach to politics.
He claimed he and the teenager had consensual sex.
The easy way to put it would be that non-consensual oppression and exploitation is bad, consensual good.
But during his trial, he claimed after he picked up the young woman she made advances to him and the sex was consensual.
The most favourable circumstance was the existence of governments in the Six which were broadly consensual in their view on integration.
She did not always intend to be such a consensual leader. Times, Sunday Times
In cases of extramarital unions, consensual unions, divorce, death, and abandonment, matrifocal households are common.
According to the Herald Sun, the bureau looked at the case and found, that whilst the act depicted could be consensual, the overall impact and most likely takeout is that the scene is suggestive of violence and rape .... Calvin Klein Billboard BANNED For Being 'Suggestive Of Violence And Rape' (PHOTOS, VIDEO, POLL)
When cornered by a hostile and armed rabble, it is demanded of them that they attempt to take a consensual approach.
Jim, a Labour Party member, was always an all-party man, his commitment to a broad consensual approach for sure depriving him of a political career in which he would have done well. Archive 2009-03-01
The most favourable circumstance was the existence of governments in the Six which were broadly consensual in their view on integration.
Within a few years, the American Law Institute recommended decriminalizing consensual acts between adults, and many states subsequently revised their penal codes.
Much of this is to do with the transition from conflictual policing to consensual policing over the past two decades and the absence of any real threat or challenge since the smashing of working class opposition at the end of the Eighties. Alan Miller: UK Riots
The comparison even extends to elevating trivial food regulations – eating pork – over matters of sexual ethics; an Anglican example of this is to forbid intinction while smiling benignly on consensual, supportive sodomy – something Ralph Spence did when bishop of Niagara. Islam and homosexuality « Anglican Samizdat
Politically speaking, pansexuality is a way of uniting disparate SM/fetish communities into a solid front that can more effectively fight for kinky civil rights and better educate the public about the diversity and consensuality of kinky sex. Come Hither
Investigators said the plan was for Green to pose his victim for pictures, which he would use to blackmail her into having what he called consensual sex with him once a week as "a treat. WESH.com - Local News
Mr. Bedford said the goal is to win concessions consensually, not adversarially, which would be the case if Frontier entered court protection. Republic Lifted by Frontier Savings
I also agree that consensuality is very important, although whether the encounter in the Tijuana Bible story is consensual is arguable, since the woman is apparently a robotic tool of the government. Censoring librarians: In defense of two outraged Kentucky pepperpots « The Retort
The Courts, when called upon to exercise the supervisory role assigned to them under the Arbitration Act, 1996, are acting as a branch of the state, not as a mere extension of the consensual arbitral process.
Yet, while they are preaching to us about the immorality of our consensual sexual lives the institutions are busy condoning the abuse by their own employees.
Since, of course, Congress afforded also these loan shark banks whichprimarily wrotemost of those loanswithFannie Mae and Freddie Mac to not only rebundle and resell them to foreign investors, but also to actually sell the loans to other mortgage companies and "revise" them during the life of the loan with simply a "disclosure" as the only citizen protection for then those nonconsensual added clauses and riders. State Politicos Capitalizing On Mortgage Crisis For Career Development
Whereas his predecessor sought to dominate her party, he hoped to heal divisions and to create a new, consensual form of Conservatism.
He assumes that what is not explicitly and consensually clear across what all acknowledge to be normative sources would be an innovation if asserted, and thus would constitute addition to or substraction from the deposit of faith. Progressing to ecclesiological debate
While the benefits of this consensual approach have been reflected in many sectors, the impact in manufacturing and engineering has been striking. Times, Sunday Times
Cohesion is maintained by building up a structure of consensual decision-making to make every individual feel an important participant.
Hell, if a consensual blowjob is grounds for impeachment, then willfully violating U.S. law should be as well. The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement
Thing is, so far it looks like people are more disgusted by consensual group sex than the repeated manhandling of unconsenting women.
The starting-point for any aesthetic evaluation of the art object was based on a consensual notion of beauty.
Where sex is consensual and between adults I do not believe the things other people get up to are any of my business.
Allan Walstad: ... if a consensual blowjob is grounds for impeachment ... The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement
Staff initially viewed the sexual contact as consensual.
Consensual sexual contact between two males can be a criminal activity.
By "hot coffee" logic paying for sex with a prostitute is all fine and well but having a consensual sexual relationship with a partner you have gotten to know through several dates is unacceptable. A Pricey Cup Of Joe
Conciliation is a consensual process where litigation and arbitration are adjuratory processes in which parties have no control on the outcome of the dispute or the process.
a consensual contract
Mr. Powell insisted both were consensual but his campaign manager says that the experience "chastened" him and left him "determined to avoid poor judgment. Can Charlie Rangel Hold On?
In another "consensually-made recording," Andrew Russo was said to "admonish" Anthony Russo for taking part in a sitdown with the Gambino family over the stabbing of a Colombo associate. Jerry Capeci: Nephew of Top Mobster Aids in Colombo Family Takedown
In terms of government legislation, empirical research has indicated that a consensual model is indeed more applicable.
He is aggressive, domineering and brash where they are calm, consensual and low key. Times, Sunday Times
You can enter agricultural stewardship schemes and be paid to farm in a more consensual fashion. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, convictions for non-consensual buggery of a male over 16 are less than frequent.
The trio deny the charges, claiming their sexual activity had been consensual.
Surgery, an obvious form of consensual assault, is also, understandably, permitted.
Judging by the fact "sodomized" is put in between "lynched" and "raped", it's pretty obvious he's not talking about consensual gay relations here. Obama Advisers See Need To Improve His Efforts With Blue Collar Voters
But investigators say his DNA was found on Kercher's body, and he has admitted having what he describes as consensual sex with the British woman. Prison Diaries
Civil proceedings are also consensual when commenced by special agreement to submit to arbitration or the International Court of Justice.
Surgery, an obvious form of consensual assault, is also, understandably, permitted.
The woman alleged rape, but Reeves insisted it was consensual.
Defence attorneys said the sex with celebrities was consensual.
This was hailed as a grand opportunity to reshape the legal framework in a consensual manner and to break cleanly from the past, but the governing conservative party passed the constitution through Parliament without the consent of any of the opposition parties (including the Centre Union, the Socialist, or Communist Party). back Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
It also dissuaded consensual sexual partners from asking for condoms.
But -- assuming consensuality is apparent -- how I choose to live my life with my beloved [s], what names I use, what ceremonies and rituals I concoct to express that love, neither threatens your own emotional and sexual relationships, nor gives you any insight into how my beloved [s] and I feel about ourselves. October 10th, 2003
The United Nations is a dim hive of self-interested parties engaged in endless parliamentary mummery, united by a consensual delusion that all nations are equal.
Investors took comfort from a broadly consensual political system that appeared largely immune to the kind of populism evident elsewhere in the Continent. Times, Sunday Times
The denial of consensual interracial alliance - political or sexual - highlights the key role repression plays in establishing the social order of the post-Reconstruction South.
Consultation is traditional in the consensual Belgian system of labour relations.
As the name implies, consensual security interests arise by way of agreement of the parties.
It is the existence of that base, that consensual recognition of social usefulness, that adds lustre and value to those who do get noticed. Times, Sunday Times
Consensual sexual contact between two males can be a criminal activity.
The notorious unilateralism of the neoconservatives in Washington never boded well for the billing of Cancun as a more consensual round of talks.
“I think the harm done by treating truthful claims of non-consensuality as untrue is severe enough that the possible error such a standard might occaisionally cause is an acceptable trade-off.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Sexual Assault Problem:
Strauss-Kahn, disgraced former boss of the International Monetary Fund, had his foreign affair'' at the Sofitel Hotel in New York City, what he characterized as consensual sex with a maid and she called sexual assault. Thestar.com - Home Page
This general pattern has been referred to as sexual compliance or consensual unwanted sex.
Patterson claimed the intercourse had been consensual and encouraged by her.
Well, today, Mackenzie Phillips revealed a long-term incestuous affair with her father that she says began as a rape and evolved into a consensual relationship. CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2009
If the key point has to do with consensuality, with the observation that rape is a subset of non-consentual intercourse, then the “right” answer for our hypothetical would be [as an ethical stand] no abortion except for pregnancies resulting from non-consensual intercourse, with the legal language as needed to cover the extension of rape beyond the felony rape predicates, such as the examples of incest which you mention. Those Rape and Incest Exceptions
But he claimed the relationships were consensual. The Sun
The starting-point for any aesthetic evaluation of the art object was based on a consensual notion of beauty.
I couldn't care less about his consensual, adult sexual fetishes.
Is it because the press (even the Tory press) doesn't want to show the consequences of unrestricted Muslim immigration and has entered into some sort of consensual media-wide agreement to remain shtum? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
I have to admit, I feel the same way about pretty much every consensual sexual activity.
Here are the top 20 stories of the year that inspire good sex, which we define as conscious and conscientious sexual impulses resulting in consensual activity that positively impacts our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. Alexandra Katehakis, M.F.T.: The Year in Good Sex: 20 Defining Moments
It is the existence of that base, that consensual recognition of social usefulness, that adds lustre and value to those who do get noticed. Times, Sunday Times
Further, it is an affront to basic human rights that a person should be imprisoned for consensual sex between two adults.
The Court of Appeal in Wilson was surely right to declare that the burden of finding strong arguments should lie on those who wish to criminalize consensual conduct, not on those who wish it to be lawful.
He valorises a kind of consensual, unfettered sexual freedom.
Consensual sexual contact between two males can be a criminal activity.
The institution has been and continues to be rife with examples of imperious pastors operating on whim and arbitrarily overriding consensual decisions.
Probably the most important attribute of contract isit is a voluntary, consensual relationship.
Again he initially denied he had been in her room but then changed his story, saying they had enjoyed consensual sexual intercourse.
On what grounds might we justify interfering with consensual and mutually advantageous exploitative transactions?
She did not always intend to be such a consensual leader. Times, Sunday Times
As Murray has it, ‘highly familistic, consensual cultures have been the norm throughout history and the world.’
We need a more consensual approach to politics in which all parties commit to a longterm programme of change to bring about a better society. Times, Sunday Times
Kobe Bryant was cleared of sexually assaulting a hotel employee, but he admitted having what he described as consensual sex. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2007
The right of revocation relates to the consensual characteristic of donation contract closely, and it is the remedy to relieve the burden of the donator after the conclusion of contract.
The reason is that non-consensuality is its engine, and it carries as much menace and danger as a mainstream thriller, without being bothered with that pesky “plot” thing, which usually derails most feature porn. Scary Minds (DVD Review) « Skid Roche
That hesitation now seems to be fast disappearing after the Delhi High Court, in a momentous judgement in 2009, read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to decriminalise consensual gay sex. To Be Gay In Indian Business
What makes power imbalance a bad thing, IMO, is when there is a lack of consensuality. Bondage and Patriarchy
In spite of the widespread acceptance of withdrawal symptoms as an index of addiction, this consensual faith does not appear to be justified.
We would be left with only those references relating to consensual sexual activities within homosexual partnerships.
The government has backed away from its plans to decriminalise consensual sexual behaviour between teenagers.
Moreover, convictions for non-consensual buggery of a male over 16 are less than frequent.
If hegemony is not consensual in this new domain, it won't long last.
He claimed that he went to the flat in August but denied anything untoward took place and he said the second incident was entirely consensual.
They reinforce the notion of antagonistic policing, rather than the consensual, even contractual law enforcement that has, at least notionally, been the traditional mark of the copper on his beat. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
The rhetoric of adversary politics, it is argued, hides a more consensual substance.
The starting-point for any aesthetic evaluation of the art object was based on a consensual notion of beauty.
I understand that consensual sex with a willing partner can result in undesired consequences, and self-protection against those consequences results in condoms, alternate sexual practices, and medical intervention to stop pregnancy. The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment
Regional Court Magistrate Solomon Mkhabela on Thursday told Shaun Williams, 25, that if a man was a "womaniser" - as the accused called himself - and had an "unending desire for love making" - there were brothels where they could get consensual intercourse with women of all races. IOL: News
Consensual torture fetishism is entirely different than the hideous Cheney fanaticism the GOP finds itself mired in every Monday night with their hero Jack Bauer. Stop The Torture | ATTACKERMAN
It is precisely those pivotal organs of government on which we would normally rely for consensual, but authoritative, action in a crisis such as now.
Does that sound to you like a likely scenario for consensual sex?
We can no longer assume that social groups - classes, races, nations, sisterhoods, will be homogeneous and consensual: we look instead for evidence of power, resistance, coercion and consent.
Despite it's legality and consensuality, Bangbus is still interesting as part of a gonzo wave in internet porn that tries to push the envelope while developing and catering to new reality programming. Life of Brian:

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