There may be very good reasons to force the baker to
act against his conscience — reasons just as good as those he has for telling the gay couple to take its business elsewhere.
To be considered unconscionable, conduct it must be more than simply unfair — it must be
against conscience as judged against the norms of society.
Demonstrating how thoroughly progressive thought — as defined by Abramson — has shattered classical liberalism in Canada's medical ranks, 79 percent of the Canadian Medical Association doctors recently voted
against conscience protections for physicians opposed to participation in euthanasia.
Every judgment of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts
against his conscience always sins.
The GOP is following the Whigs (whose brilliant beginnings are now forgotten since they sold out
against their conscience on the issues of slavery and manifest destiny) into the dilapidated dustbin of history, and will be commemorated in future history textbooks as the party whose decline began when they sold out to ignorance and religious extremism.
They were not to start telling people they must eat meat on a
Friday against their conscience, «It looks to me as if all the misery which we have begun to heap upon the papists will fall upon us.
The author's goal is to warn poor, thoughtless sinners, not with smooth words they can ignore, but with words that
thunder against their consciences regarding the danger of their souls and the increasing wretchedness into which they are madly hurrying.
The court found this case fell within the principles of those cases, stating it would be «
entirely against conscience» if Mr. Palmer were to retain beneficial ownership of the entire house and not allow Mrs. Hussey any interest in it or charge upon it.
(It is not clear to me that any have been so
compelled against their consciences, though some argue that they should be so compelled if the availability of the service depends on their participation.)
To be considered unconscionable, conduct must be more than simply unfair — it must be
against conscience as judged against the norms of society.
I think it's clear that the gay couple could get their cake elsewhere pretty easily, whereas the baker - qua - agent will either act
against his conscience or not.
They went
against their conscience (which Paul talked about in Rom 1:18 - 32) and they most likely broke some of the laws of whatever government they were living under (Rom 13:1 - 7).
But that, too, should not offend non-Catholic Christians, since we can all agree that such a person would be acting
against his conscience and his sure discernment of the will of God.
The strangeness is so intimidating that we assume we are going
against our consciences and that we would be sinful to persist in that direction.
«Because of you, because you were my friend, I was now brave enough to stand up to those around me that pushed me to vote
against my conscience, against you.
And there are those who argue — paradoxically with the intention of eliminating discrimination — that Christians in public roles should be required at times to act
against their conscience.
SEC members voted to remove the doctrinal clause which stated that marriage is a «union of one man and one woman», replacing it with a clause which asserts that clergy who do not wish to preside over same - sex weddings will not be compelled to do so «
against their conscience».
If you are in a group where you feel you are being forced to do certain things that are
against your conscience, or if your being pressured to stop doing things which you see no problem with, get out of that group!
In the denomination to which I once belonged, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), more traditional pastors are beginning to wake up to the fact that, even if the civil government does exercise some restraint in compelling pastors to act
against conscience, it is hardly the case that their denomination itself will.
This is how I think, and I feel morally compelled to think this way, and it would go
against my conscience to think otherwise.
Religious leaders also suggested the February exemption was still too narrow, possibly setting a precedent for the government to be able to compel religious groups to provide something
against their conscience.
I can not and I will not recant anything, for to go
against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Just because someone asks doesn't mean you have to answer, especially if goes against what feels like wisdom or
against your conscience.
Where such relationships are made public and institutionalised with legal rights, the Church can not recognize those rights, and should not be forced to recognise
them against her conscience.
Nevertheless, David Cameron said many Labour MPs felt a «conscientious belief that they signed up to a manifesto», and asked if it was right to ask them to vote
against their consciences.
«Unless I am convinced by sacred Scripture, or by evident reason, I can not recant,» he told the church authorities in 1521, «for my conscience is held captive by the word of God, and to act
against conscience is neither right nor safe.»
The EU however appears intolerant - a devout Catholic, Mormon, Muslim is apparently incompetent to take a role in the European Project unless they,
against conscience, sign up to a package of social liberal policies.
«This study suggests that those most likely to be asked to act
against their consciences are the ones most likely to say physicians should not have to do so.»