Opponents of the measure cite moral objections to destroying early stage embryos while extracting their stem cells.

The parents, an unidentified couple from the Maltese island of Gozo, had opposed the operation in an unsuccessful legal action that cited religious objections.

Most often they cite religious objections to the nude photographs of skeletal Holocaust victims.

But Guatemala rejected the proposal this week, citing objections by the Nicaragua Government, the Administration officials said.

But other companies have not followed suit, citing objections by some TurboTax customers, who bristled at the authentication system.

However, the band's label Combat Records cited possible objections that may have come from religious organizations.

But almost immediately the administration reversed itself, citing objections about cost, time and safety.

Governments often cite religious or cultural objections to a film, however, as pretexts for their political discomfort.

When four Democratic senators, citing similar objections, indicated that they would oppose the measure, the Democrats' narrow majority was fractured.

They have cited several objections to the proposed dome.