The issue has deeply split the country, dividing friends and members of the same family.
The issues of prohibition and woman suffrage split the conservatives.
The issue split the Congress along both party and regional lines.
The issue has split politicians in the region served by Northwest.
Armed clashes followed and this issue also split the Slovene population.
The issue split the salon in two, and some prominent guests did not return.
The issue of whether to export natural gas has split the business community.
This economic issue can split advocates along class lines.
The issue has split the elections board along strict party lines.
One hundred and forty years later, he worried that this issue could split the church again.