Sentences with phrase «if religious organizations»

How much property tax, income tax, etc. could be collected if religious organizations had to pay their fair share??

If religious organizations have an ulterior motive other than to help the downtrodden, poor and needy, then want is the motive of a medical doctor in your opinion?

If a religious organization wishes to have a tax exemption, it must stay out of election campaigns.

If the religious organization WANTs to support a candidate, they just have to fill out more paperwork and disclose donors.

They referenced the US Supreme Court's Hosanna - Tabor decision, in which all nine justices agreed that the government couldn't interfere if a religious organization wanted to fire a minister.

Not exact matches

If you are employed by a not - for - profit organization, any time you spend on religious instruction, worship services, or any form of proselytizing may not be counted toward meeting the full - time employment requirement.

If you work for a religious organization that doesn't pay into the Social Security program, you must pay Social Security taxes if your earnings are more than $ 100 per yeaIf you work for a religious organization that doesn't pay into the Social Security program, you must pay Social Security taxes if your earnings are more than $ 100 per yeaif your earnings are more than $ 100 per year.

If you donate appreciated stocks that you've held for more than a year to a «public» charity — such as a religious or an educational institution, or an organization that does medical research — you can typically take a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stocks, up to 50 % of your adjusted gross income for that year.

Therefore I will not be surprised if those religious minorities would rally with him disguised as Atheists... It is obvious as well that him being of Jewish family that the Jewish organizations are behind the seen supporting / financing him..

It is completely crazy to think an elite scientific organization should have to employ someone who doesn't believe in science... the even scarier part is I wouldn't be very surprised if the religious side wins this case.

It must be incredibly stressful to work in an organization that actively dispels religious myths if that is something you believe in.

Theoretically, a Christian organization would have to elect an atheist if he really was the best man for the job in all ways other than his religious views.

Furthermore, your post speaks as if a few posts on a blog can equate all the hate and division that billboards and churches and presidential candidates and religious organizations have been «spewing» since time immemorial which you continue with your post.

You and I disagree on a lot of things, but I've said before and I'll say it again, if someone was going to discriminate against you because of what you believe (unless it was a religious organization that had different beliefs) I'd stand with you.

But, if he is indeed just in charge of their email systems or something and is able to prevent his religious views from affecting his work at a heavily anti-religious organization, then I agree, it would be wrong to fire him.

Anyway, it sounds like we agree — if an organization believes (rightly or wrongly) that a person's religious views, or lack thereof, conflict with their objectives, they should be able to fire them.

If you ran a religious organization, should you legally be forced to employ me as an atheist even though I absolutely disagree with religion?

Why do you think religious organizations can be tax exempt???? Because the can opt out of the federal tax regulations if they meet certain criteria for religion.

If they make a profit on their organization, they do not have a stand on not paying for meds based on their religious beliefs.

According the Catholic League, this decision means religious organizations would basically be paying for contraceptives even if they do not use them.

An organization could only count as religious, the regulation asserted, if «the inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the organization,» if it «primarily employs persons who share the religious tenets of the organization,» and if it «serves primarily persons who share the religious tenets of the organization.»

If... ISIS neglects to kill people if they pay a fine... Then... this implies that the ISIS has no integrity as a religious organizatioIf... ISIS neglects to kill people if they pay a fine... Then... this implies that the ISIS has no integrity as a religious organizatioif they pay a fine... Then... this implies that the ISIS has no integrity as a religious organization.

Among other things, if the bill forbids colleges to engage in discrimination based on religious belief, they will be the only belief - based organizations barred from demanding that their employees commit to that underlying belief (an institution based on a secular ideal would not face the bar).

@Mark To be clear, I would see granting exemptions if the organization was expressly religious, like an actual church, but merely being guided by the religious principles of the founder simply doesn't justify preventing coverage to those within the organization with different beliefs, atti.tudes, and morals.

If I had given to my children what I gave to the church and other religious organizations, they might have had a nice down payment for a house each.

But the order also states that faith - based organizations receiving federal dollars may use their facilities to provide government - backed social services, even if those facilities include religious art, icons, scriptures and other religious symbols.

Surely we may ask him whether his view of the Church, too, must not include doctrines that ought not even to be tolerated in the Church if she is to have one confession and not to degenerate into a mere external religious organization.

The HHS mandate allows religious exemption if the organization meets the following criteria: (1) its primary purpose is to promote religious values; (2) it primarily employs persons of the same religion; (3) it primarily serves persons of the same religion; and (4) it is a nonprofit organization under specific sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

The mental health effectiveness of religious organizations could be increased dramatically in a generation if all seminarians were required to have this experience.

A concern I have is that since Hobby Lobby is not a church or church affiliated organization, but rather a for profit corporation, if Hobby Lobby does win out and can get away with not paying certain health costs due to their religious beliefs, just exactly where would the line be drawn?

However, if there are groups of atheists, and I am not saying there are, with organizing principles like, elevating humanity, belief in evolution, belief in the big bang theory absent God, or other such beliefs consistent with atheism as a belief, AND they organize to promote those beliefs and theories, or educate people regarding their belief that there is no God, then those groups consti tute a religious organization.

I believe that the churches should be taxed and if they cross the line between religious organizations and political organizations they should be labeled a lobbying organization and be governed by those regulations.

If you thin kabout it, the complaint of the religious organizations that don't want to provide people with this type of healthcare is — «You're taking away my ability to deny people the right to control their own body!».

The problem with many superiors in our corporate world (including the religious organization world), is their fear that a subordinate will replace them if allowed to think independently with the brain God gave them.

There are no good people in the south, they're all like this, have been since before the civil war, if there were any good ones this never would have happened, and this is actually mild compared to what they have done in the past, and even what they are capable of doing, including their religious organizations.

That being said, it would be best if the USA published the list and gave countries and religious whiners the opportunity to turn in (to a neutral country or organization?)

If you decide to attack Stiefel because he advocates for atheism, you may as well attack every religious organization who advocates for their beliefs.

Christian sects exhibit attitudes which, if contrasted to those of other religious organizations, offer striking parallels.

They make for differentiation within the practice, tradition, and organization of a religious community in certain periods, locally and otherwise, particularly if combined with the second factor.

If we measure left and right by support for or opposition to abortion and Bill Clinton, which is a reasonable measure in this case, twelve of the groups represented are very far left indeed — including Catholics for a Free Choice, Human Rights Campaign (a leading gay rights organization), People for the American Way, AIDS National Interfaith Network, and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

If you think people don't tear into religious organizations for supporting and encouraging hatred and discrimination, you haven't been paying attention.

Personally, the official stance of any religious organization that you will not reach heaven if you do nt believe in a specific God is an anathema to spirituality.

If the potential benefits of Charitable Choice are to be fully realized, government entities, religious organizations and nonprofits must each do their part in precisely implementing the legislation.

That is, if a Jewish FBO runs an hour long, publicly funded computer skills training class that includes a one - minute prayer by the instructor at the beginning of class, that FBO is not engaging in «sectarian instruction»; it is simply being true to its character as a religious organization.

If there was an organization called the Christian Brotherhood, you'd never buy that it was secular... how can an organization be both religious and secular... Muslim is not a race, it is a religion.

It's unreasonable ¯ in fact, it shows a peculiar hostility toward religion ¯ to claim that religious organizations will compromise the public good if they remain true to their religious identity while serving the poor with public funds.

If the compromise shifts the burden to insurance companies to pay the contraceptive costs and the religious - organization exceptions apply, this still leaves a number of self - insuring employers faced with being forced to purchase plans covering contraceptives.

«The government must stay out of hiring and firing decisions by a religious organization, even if a minister sues for employment discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

If you want god in your children's classroom, send them to a school run by a religious organization... public tax dollars should not be covering the teaching of god in any form, unless the church wants to start paying taxes.

There are a number of individuals and organizations (religious and secular) that firmly believe in non-violent strategies as the only, if not the best, way to deal with the past and to build a just future society.