Sentences with phrase «civil rights beliefs»

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«The Department of Justice is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in the country on the basis of their religious beliefs.

You cant vote on Civil Rights, regardless of what your hateful religious beliefs are other wise we are the Taliban.

When the believers in this nonexistent christ want to encode their beliefs in civil law and deny me the right make my own medical and reproductive decisions, or who my neighbor can marry, that's enough motivation to speak out.

Whenever one group of people decides to force their set of values or beliefs on another group, that's civil rights.

*********************************** One would hope that voters were casting their ballots on the basis of what they conclude is best for a civil society and a pluralistic population, not on the more egocentric opinions they may have about right or wrong that are derived from their religious beliefs.

Now think back on what it took for African Americans and women to get their civil rights, it took good people fighting the prejudice and bigotry of those brainwashed by ancient beliefs.

due to some crazy religious beliefs out there in the world i.e. marrying off young children and marrying genetic kin, the government can't ever allow religion to dictate marriage policy, so have your ceremonies and deny same - gender couples to marry in your church but bluntly stated your crying and foot - stomping will accomplish nothing, marriage isn't a religious thing it is a civil rights and equality thing, thus if the religious win by denying same gender cuples their civil rights to equal treatment under the law, then don't be surprised when others use those same grounds to deny you your rights under the law.

«The right to practise one's religious beliefs must accommodate civil society's obligation to provide for the safety of all and, in particular, children's safety from sexual abuse,» the commission wrote in a report released on Monday.

We have no doubt if elected, he will work tirelessly to take away our civil rights, allow anti-gay bullying in schools, promote the immoral anti-gay agenda and rip our families apart... all in the name of his «religious beliefs.»

You may believe the Bible tells you gays should be able to marry or maybe even that blacks should not be able to marry whites (another thing people have used the Bible to protest against); however, that does not mean that US civil equal rights laws should be based on your personal religious beliefs.

I think that you mean that you respect their * right * to have their beliefs, but these beliefs must be within the bounds of civil law.

But when you try to turn those beliefs and words into legislation to deny civil rights to a group of Americans for no better reason than you don't much like them then you have gone too far.

Why is it, Jeff, that you feel the need to assault my civil rights to express my religious views and have to demean someone for the perceived crime of expressing a religious belief?

I have a problem with people who want to use public funds and resources to promote their beliefs, who use their beliefs to stifle others» civil rights, who try to inject their beliefs into public school science classes, and who want their children to have the ability to bully others» with their beliefs.

they are being hated for their evangelism (the pompousness involved in preaching in the name of god), and for using those beliefs to deny others» civil rights.

keith: when the believers use their beliefs to deny others their civil rights, then need to be opposed

Unfortunately some voters use their private relgious beliefs to vote away the civil rights of others.

if belief in white apples on mars caused wars, impeded civil rights and medical progress, and aided the spread of disease (not to mention had the effect of making us mindless, irrational zombies), we'd be against that, too!

Dannin also introduces what he admits is a «taboo» subject: that a portion of «African - American society has always been unchurched,» that African - American lodges have traditionally been centers of unchurched religious practices and beliefs,» and that since the end of the civil rights era unchurched African - Americans «have been moving more rapidly toward Islam.»

No one should be able to legislate beliefs, nor violate the human or civil rights of another human being.

The historian of non-violence, William Robert Miller, says that the first explicit reference to non-violence in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott came from a white librarian, Juliette Morgan, who compared the boycott to Gandhi's salt march in a letter to the Montgomery Advertiser on December 12, 1955.35 The development of non-violent strategies in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's arose partly from belief in pacifism as an expression of love in the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Society of Friends from whom many leaders of the movement for racial justice came.

Civil rights do not depend on religious beliefs / opinions... legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.

unfortunately, the religious work tirelessly to codify their beliefs into civil law, infringing on the rights of their fellows and attempting to indoctrinate our children in public schools.

Where the Religious Beliefs of and Employer Supersede the Civil Rights of their Employees.

«The international community must press the Government of Iran to uphold this constitutional obligation, and to respect the right of its citizens to the full enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief, as outlined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which it is signatory.»

how any minister, especially african - american ones, can deny others» their civil rights is bigoted beyond belief

You do not have the right to force others to believe the same, nor do you have the right to deny them civil rights under the law based on your unproven beliefs.

In a set of resolutions submitted by Madison to the First Congress we find the term «rights of conscience» as a third item after the prohibition of the abridgment of civil rights on account of religious belief and the prohibition of the establishment of a «national religion.»

The state can't force religious communities to dumb down their «estate», but religious beliefs should not be the basis for determining whether the «estate» is available to through civil doors, provided that those doors do not also offer religious rights or privileges that have to be recognised by faith groups.

New Labour believes in little and whilst that is better than belief in the disastrous socialist dogma of yesteryear, it has left us with a Human Rights and Civil Liberties legacy that is a mess.

Often this involves stressing what are now conservative views of free market economics and belief in individual responsibility, with social liberal views on defence of civil rights, environmentalism and support for a limited welfare state.

Whereas, Dr. King confronted unprecedented challenges with the knowledge and belief that, as one people united in principle and purpose, «we shall overcome» all prejudice, hate, and intolerance; his legacy lives on through the civil rights victories won during his lifetime, as well as those won in the decades since;

The cast works diligently, and Keener is scrappy but calm throughout, with a convincing naturalism as a woman with tremendous strength and a powerful belief in civil rights — at a time when most women were reluctant to speak out against political corruption.

The cast works diligently, and Keener is scrappy but calm throughout, with a convincing naturalism as a woman with tremendous strength and a powerful belief in civil rights.

What Selma does particularly well is balance the ideological in - fighting within the Civil Rights movement — King's Gandhi-esque belief in passive resistance versus the more militant stance of Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch)-- with bursts of violence which cause the viewer to gasp.

«My intense desire to see my school excel comes not only from an unwavering belief that all students deserve an excellent education, but also the unique role Sousa played in the civil rights movement,» said Kamras referring to a challenge to segregation at Sousa that culminated in Bolling v. Sharpe, the 1954 Supreme Court case that paved the way for the desegregation of all DC public schools.

Instead, like the civil rights movement itself, the education reform movement is in dire need of creative thinking, committed education leaders, and informed, involved parents — all united in our belief in the worth and value of every young life and each child's potential to learn and do great things.

School leaders can articulate that while they support students» civil rights — including their right to engage in peaceful protest — students» beliefs are their own.

They are offering — perhaps screaming — a counterargument against the thrust of decades: a push for a more powerful federal government, the belief that there are «correct» policy answers, the certainty that locals and civil society can not be trusted, and the conviction that we must rely on technical experts to get things right.

I filed a formal complaint with the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights («OCR») pursuant to my belief that the MDE's website for the proposed Rule revisions was in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008.

She is steadfast in her belief that education is one of the most important civil rights issues of our time and educational equity is the key to a more equitable and just world.

Summary: The Office of Civil Rights now requires schools to track bullying and harassment incidents based on a student's religious beliefs, following a national spike in anti-Muslim sentiment.

The civil rights movement was necessary because of the belief of a significant percentage of the population that black people were less «civilized», less intelligent, and less deserving than white people.

Unlike most would - be utopians, Lee succeeded, perhaps because he balanced his paternalistic belief in central planning and his blatant disregard for civil rights with a wary respect for private property and ethnic sensitivities.

Until January 8, 2017 NO MAN»S LAND: WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE RUBELL FAMILY COLLECTION National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC Until January 14, 2017 BEDAZZLED Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY Until January 16, 2017 FIRST LIGHT: A DECADE OF COLLECTING AT THE ICA ICA Boston, MA October 4, 2016 - January 22, 2017 THE COLOR LINE: AFRICAN - AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES Musée du quai Branly, Paris Until January 22, 2017 BELIEF + DOUBT: SELECTIONS FROM THE FRANCIE BISHOP GOOD AND DAVID HORVITZ COLLECTION NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL Until January 31, 2017 COLLECTED Pier24 Photography, San Francisco, CA

«A blog providing the knowledge you need to form your true beliefs about police misconduct, wrongful convictions, government transparency, and other civil rights issues.»

'' and the civil rights, privileges or capacities of no person shall be taken away, or in anywise diminished or enlarged, on account of his belief or disbelief of any religious tenet, dogma or teaching.

It would be quite another to say that A's unreasonably held mistaken belief would be sufficient to justify the law in setting aside B's right not to be subjected to physical violence by A. For civil law purposes an excuse of self - defence based on non existent facts that were honestly but unreasonably believed to exist had to fail.

A non-religious philosophical belief or ideology is not protected as a «creed» by civil rights laws.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religious beliefs.