Not exact matches
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be
accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be
accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption
because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the
group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.
The issue has only become more urgent since then, with
groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) lobbying this year for the First Amendment Defense Act, which «prevents the federal government from punishing an individual or faith - based business
because they can not in good conscience
accommodate same - sex marriage in certain situations.»
Josie Beets: Right, and so we try to have those conversations about whether it's telework, or flex schedules, or
accommodating sort of work - life balance if it exists at all
because that's important to our
group.
Today... and every day... I am so thankful for my home
because we finally have a decent amount of room to
accommodate a
group of people!