Sentences with phrase «against the religious beliefs of»

So when discussing access to particular health services, things like blood transfusions or abortion procedures many be against the religious beliefs of those that run the private hospitals, and thus not be provided.

Not exact matches

At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

You also ignore the fact that Christians have done just as bad things as those living in the Middle East and those you would call doing the work of the devil: killing those who do not share their faith, using their religious position to gain wealth and discriminate against those who have different beliefs or lifestyles.

It has to do with trying to do with Christians trying to find some grounds to put their beliefs back into schools.Just ask any supporter of ID education if it is okay if we teach the many other religious origin ideals in schools besides the Judeo Christian God and I guarantee you they will be against it.

He has made threats, annoyed, pestered and used religious slurs against me me because of my belief in Jesus Christ.

Do they really imagine that an atheist wants to join their religious group, hide his / her real beliefs for months or years, get themselves elected by other members then radically change the whole nature of the club, against all the other member's wishes?

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.

EEOC is trying to make the case that while the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses would never accept employment as a gift wrapper continuously wrapping birthday and holiday gifts, their JW Client's personal religious beliefs allowed her to do so, thus the only legal issue is their client's personal religious belief against wearing the Santa Hat and Apron.

b) What you've proposed here is not the kind of religious belief these atheists are railing against.

As soon as religious beliefs are no longer used to discriminate against disliked groups, or to impede science and education, a lot of atheists will probably cease fighting them.

CNN: Catholics clergymen come out swinging against HHS regulation Catholics around the country got an earful on Sunday from the pulpit over a new health insurance policy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forces employers to cover contraception and abortion as part of preventative care regardless of religious beliefs.

In December the Court of Appeal ruled against her application that she was discriminated against in being compelled to perform civil partnership registrations contrary to her religious beliefs.

One of the reasons that atheists comment here is that religious beliefs unfortunately impact laws and government policy and our laws.The idiocy of religion unfortunately permeates much of our society, so the more we can fight back and speak out against religious idiocy, and the more visibly, the better.

The bible is filled with the advocation of violence against any and all people who disagree with you based on religious belief.

Conservative xians are squirming and telling «unfair» because the US electorate Is turning against the imposition of their religious beliefs through laws affecting people who do not share those beliefs.

At a time of unprecedented transition in the Christian Movement, when (as George Orwell once put it) «the little orthodoxies of the right and the left vie with one another for possession of our souls,» it is necessary to assert both the modesty and the complex, nuanced character of Christian faith and theology against the false certainties of true belief, ideology and religious simplism.

I find that I can make a more compelling argument against the pledge of allegiance if I base that argument on political beliefs as opposed to my religious beliefs.

This does not make only the USA guilty of great wrongs done / there's many nations ruled by tyrants / psychopaths / / those blinded by greed the great injustice by Israel against palestinians but sums up the horror that nations being capable of committing / heartless acts of inhumanity of cruelity / / based on halfbaked ideas / beliefs / religious brainwashing.

If a Muslim religious leader or business leader spoke out against gay marriage, based on the teachings of the Koran, they wouldn't say a word, but because the CEO of Chick - Fil - A and Billy Graham are Christians and base their beliefs on the teachings of the New Testament they are unfairly accused of hate speech.

Muslims in general if left alone with out your intervention might end up fighting each other due differences of views in their faith, but if west keep on applying pressure causing starvation, harassment and confrontation against Muslims and against their faith, this will only lead them to leave behind their differences and jointly or individually confront their enemies, those who wants to deprive them from their rights of faith and belief and the more they are pressed the more they would complain by reacting and not by words and cries since words and cries seem does not reach, heard or work out now a days since being their judges and executors are all of non religious such as atheists, infidels, polytheists who consider their vast interests above all humanity and faith issues such as mercy, leniency, compassion, pity, sympathy, kindness all that of human mutual heavenly code of conduct.!?

Every argument he makes against religious belief runs up against a great foggy X-factor called «God» and a useful hedge called «the Fall of Man» and an ace up the sleeve called «grace.»

My Christian Belief is based upon my Life's Past and does in no way, shape or form come from Chruched based Fundamentalists whom I find as being hypocritical manajeries bent on keeping their family made wealth thru religious declarations of the wealthy to come he - ll or high waters keep their wealth despite what Christ's teachings do so advise against!

Wars were fought for the glory and power of nation states rather than for Christianity against the infidel, or for sectarian religious beliefs.

They face danger not for their religious beliefs, but for preaching against the drug trade and the killing in ways that infuriate both gangs and paramilitaries of left and right.

My guess is that it will be a difficult case to argue against the impact of the contraceptive coverage rule as anything but an «incidental effect» given it targets a market and there's no evidence that the rule is over or under inclusively fashioned as a pretext to target the religious beliefs of those opposed to contraception.

even your post is an opinion, it could be viewed and inciting hatred towards someone's religious belief, which goes against the first amendment and basic right of any amercan.

Therefore, after he had done all he could to deceive the followers whose religious beliefs were weak, he started a war against Ali with a large army made up of people from Syria.

Marissa, I take Genesis 1 as a political / religious polemic against some of the common beliefs of that day.

Religious proponents of international law could draw on the prophets for biblical support: Amos, Hosea, Micah and others discerned Yahweh's law as both impartial and international, striking against the arrogant pretensions of all people and nations who violate human rights in the belief that God is on their side.

For most heavy viewers of religious television, watching is both an expression of belief and an act of protest against the world of general television.

Because religious conservatives sense this conflict between general television and their own values and beliefs, their viewing of religious programs is both an act of protest against general television and an expression of support for the beliefs associated with religious programs.

Even though they are clearly against any belief in the supernatural (including both Christianity and Satan - worship), they do, believe it or not, have some values in common with proponents of religious liberty.

lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's conscience that dictates what is right and wrong... the belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly human nature to be part of the group.

Today, we see what Moses was writing, which was a polemic against the religious beliefs and practices of his day.

The Pentagon's long - awaited study on its policy against gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military found that repeal of the controversial policy would face resistance from some service members on religious grounds, but that repeal would not require anyone to change their personal views or religious beliefs.

The declaration highlighted that, despite the Russian Constitution guaranteeing every citizen the right to freedom of religion or belief, Russian authorities «continue to foster an atmosphere of intolerance, discrimination and persecution against religious minorities throughout the entire Federation».

While both parties may be influenced by religion, one party moreso than another relies more heavily on that; because of that reliance that party essentially CA N'T do anything positive for gay people because it would go against their religious beliefs.

«If the court believes that Christian views on homosexuality can be discriminated against, the state has taken a position on a moral question; namely that such religious belief is morally problematic,» said Andrea Minichiello - Williams, the director of the legal group.

This article shows us that we need to make a stand against people of religious belief.

I have no problem with companies run according to religious beliefs as long as they don't discriminate against anyone and don't contribute millions of dollars to causes specifically desigened to deny rights to any group of people.

People speaking out against bigotry and hate by people who use their religious beliefs to justify depriving others of the human rights the religious claim for themselves by virtue of their beliefs.

The level of hatred against those of religious belief, evidenced on this forum, is ugly, sad and frightening.

Though no decisive falsification is possible in religion, I have argued that the cumulative weight of evidence does count for or against religious beliefs.

I will submit that though no decisive falsification is possible, the cumulative weight of evidence does count for or against religious beliefs, but with greater ambiguity than in science.

Using secondhand accounts, without a full text of the original speech, Biskupic reported that Scalia «delivered an ardent defense of religious beliefs against the assaults of secular society.»

I assume the dropping of the student healthcare was really a budget decision, wrapped in «against our religious belief» BS.

It may fairly be said that leaving accommodation [of religion] to the political process will place at a relative disadvantage those religious practices that are not widely engaged in; but that unavoidable consequence of democratic government must be preferred to a system in which each conscience is a law unto itself or in which judges weigh the social importance of all laws against the centrality of all religious beliefs.

On Tuesday Mr Scoffield said the case, a simple transaction, raised an issue of principle since those with deeply - held religious or philosophical convictions could be compelled to act against their beliefs.

Other common religious teachings, such as those that promote the same ethical treatment of nonbelievers as of believers, prohibit compulsory religious belief, or acknowledge the legitimacy of rebellion against tyranny, build upon these cornerstones.

I'd sacrifice my life in the name of the freedoms this country was founded on before I'd shed a drop of blood to defend your right to exclude or discriminate against someone for something as fundamental as religious belief.