Returns True if the user has one of the specified permissions.

        If object is passed, it checks if the user has any of the required
        perms for this object.

def has_a_matching_perm(self, perm_list, obj=None):
        """Returns True if the user has one of the specified permissions.

        If object is passed, it checks if the user has any of the required
        perms for this object.
        """
        # If there are no permissions to check, just return true
        if not perm_list:
            return True
        # Check that user has at least one of the required permissions.
        for perm in perm_list:
            if self.has_perm(perm, obj):
                return True
        return False