Sentences with phrase «as a matter of conscience»

Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

There comes a time in a person's life when as a matter of conscience and fair play, he / she has to take a stand.

He became a firm opponent of abortion, which some might see as a matter of conscience, others hypocrisy.

Sister Sara Dwyer, coordinator of the congregation's justice, peace and integrity of creation ministry said: «This is something that we felt as a matter of conscience.

Robert P. George, a professor at Princeton University and the past chairman of the conservative National Organization for Marriage, and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, a Muslim school, wrote the letter to urge hotels «to do what is right as a matter of conscience.»

«When followers of a particular sect enter into commercial activity as a matter of choice, the limits they accept on their own conduct as a matter of conscience and faith are not to be super imposed on the statutory schemes which are binding on others in that activity.»

The mission of the Durham Living Wage Project is to support worker livelihoods by urging employers to pay living wages, certifying and publicly recognizing employers, and promoting living wages as a matter of conscience within our community.

Dobson has said he can not vote for McCain as a matter of conscience.

Abortion is traditionally treated as a matter of conscience and all previous votes to lower the limit - along with the 1967 Abortion Act which first legalised the practice - have not seen the whip system formally enforced.

He owes those duties because the law imports those duties as a contractual term or because the contract contains an express term to that effect or because a court of equity would have imposed an obligation of good faith and fidelity as a matter of conscience.»

But, did you consider that some Christian folks are just as committed to being in their home congregations, as often as possible, as a matter of conscience and their personal faith?

Another example is that of citizens of states which pay for abortions with public funds who refuse, as a matter of conscience, to remit to state government a portion of their taxes corresponding to the percentage of the state budget that goes to abortion funding.

«As a matter of conscience and my faith, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner,» Joel Northrup said in a written statement, according to the Des Moines Register.

However, inasmuch as my personal opposition to this practice is rooted in a sectarian (Catholic) religious belief in the sanctity of human life, I am unwilling to impose it on others who may, as a matter of conscience, take a different view.

As a matter of conscience and to avoid a future relational train wreck I «retired.»

This would require creating an exception for anyone who, as a matter of conscience, could not comply with the statute.

«As a matter of conscience, I can no longer remain in the party.

«There are strong arguments for and against the agreement but, as a matter of conscience, I have decided to oppose it,» Maloney said in a statement to the News.