Sentences with phrase «decision by each religious group»

A first step would be the decision by each religious group to reassess its own position.

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Wednesday's decision reversed a lower court ruling, and revived claims by Texas - based groups and individuals, including the McAllen Grace Brethren Church, that the regulation violated their rights under the First Amendment's free exercise clause and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

A blog launched this month by a Michigan law firm may be the first devoted exclusively to the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a 2000 law designed to prevent local governments from making land - use decisions that disfavor religious groups, which are exempt from paying properReligious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a 2000 law designed to prevent local governments from making land - use decisions that disfavor religious groups, which are exempt from paying properreligious groups, which are exempt from paying property taxes.

«Section 2 (a) protects the freedom of individuals and groups to hold and manifest religious beliefs... The Ktunaxa's claim does not fall within the scope of s. 2 (a) because neither the Ktunaxa's freedom to hold their beliefs nor their freedom to manifest those beliefs is infringed by the Minister's decision to approve the project.»