He's taken a 'defiant' stand/stance on the issue.
He's spoken out 'defiantly' against the new law.
a 'defiant' act
(..) and all of the strength of that rose." Soon after a daughter was born to the queen, and was named Snow White. And she was adored throughout the kingdom, as much for her defiant spirit as for her beauty. We found it in the woods, it's injured mother. It must have broken it's wing. (..)2012 Snow White and the Huntsman