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In thousands (175,440 represents 175,440,000)--------- Total Christian --------- 173,402 Catholic --------- 57,199 Baptist --------- 36,148 Protestant - no denomination supplied --------- 5,187 Methodist / Wesleyan --------- 11,366 Lutheran --------- 8,674 Christian - no denomination supplied --------- 16,834 Presbyterian --------- 4,723 Pentecostal / Charismatic --------- 5,416 Episcopalian / Anglican --------- 2,405 Mormon / Latter - Day Saints --------- 3,158 Churches of Christ --------- 1,921 Jehovah's Witness --------- 1,914 Seventh - Day Adventist --------- 938 Assemblies of God --------- 810 Holiness / Holy --------- 352 Congregational / United Church of Christ --------- 736 Church of the Nazarene --------- 358 Church of God --------- 663 Orthodox (Eastern)--------- 824 Evangelical / Born Again \ 2 --------- 2,154 Mennonite --------- 438 Christian Science --------- 339 Church of the Brethren --------- 231 Nondenominational \ 2 --------- 8,032 Disciples of Christ --------- 263 Reformed / Dutch
Reform --------- 206 Apostolic / New Apostolic --------- 970 Quaker --------- 130 Full Gospel --------- 67 Christian
Reform --------- 381 Foursquare Gospel --------- 116 Fundamentalist \ 2 --------- 69 Salvation Army --------- 70 Independent Christian Church --------- 86 --------- Total other religions --------- 8,796 Jewish --------- 2,680 Muslim --------- 1,349 Buddhist --------- 1,189 Unitarian / Universalist --------- 586 Hindu --------- 582 Native American --------- 186 Scientologist --------- 25 Baha'I --------- 49 Taoist --------- 56 New Age --------- 15 Eckankar --------- 30 Rastafarian --------- 56 Sikh --------- 78 Wiccan --------- 342 Deity --------- 32 Druid --------- 29 Santeria --------- 3 Pagan --------- 340 Spiritualist --------- 426 Other unclassified --------- 735 --------- No religion specified, total --------- 34,169 Atheist --------- 1,621 Agnostic --------- 1,985 Humanist --------- 90 Secular --------- 34
Ethical Culture --------- 11 No religion --------- 30,427 --------- Refused to reply to question --------- 11,815
Reform Judaism (known
in Europe as Liberal Judaism) seeks to preserve the basic moral precepts of the Torah and other
ethical aspects of Jewish tradition — including a passionate concern for social justice.
The
ethical task of our generation may well be to engage
in the formation of a cosmopolitan civilization on a more genuinely
reformed and genuinely catholic basis.
• Transforming the
ethical environment
in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance
reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the Commission on Assisted Dying's call to
reform the law to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults as set out
in its report, which is considered, detailed and recommends a change
in the law for practical,
ethical and legal reasons.
Over the past four years we were extraordinarily aggressive on
ethical reform and there is no doubt our current system is the most restrictive and most regulated
in our history.
The remarks came after Wilson listed a broad three - point plan for righting the state that includes restructuring government; focusing on workforce development
in a region - by - region, industry - specific way; and
reforming Albany's lax
ethical standards.
Jindal's brand new
in Louisiana and came
in riding the
ethical reform horse when the press shellacked him for wanting to pay his Economic Development Secretary $ 320K and his deputy $ 280K.
«We have been very aggressive
in the area of
ethical reforms but we still need to do more.
This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen dozens of elected officials leave office due to
ethical or legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative leaders are finding themselves at odds with government
reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote
in 1997.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Despite the conviction of the New York State Legislature's former top two leaders, and a series of
ethical issues plaguing lawmakers from Buffalo, ethics
reforms are on hold, for now,
in Albany.
«Micah has enormous talent, a big heart and a strong
ethical compass, and he will be an unwavering voice for
reform in the Legislature — a voice that is so badly needed at this moment.»
As someone who was elected five times to the New York State Senate and witnessed many of these
ethical problems
in Albany, I know that no recent governor has gone this far to achieve meaningful
reforms.
«Our state is
in dire need of
ethical and political
reform and this can not be accomplished with the Senate's majority leader facing the charges contained
in this lawsuit.»
While the punishment bestowed upon each may warn current lawmakers to toe
ethical lines, progress on concrete
reforms aimed at curbing the type of behavior that landed William Boyland Jr. and William Scarborough
in prison has been slow to materialize.
And his diagnosis was correct: the key to real
reform — and success
in ending Albany's
ethical weaknesses — was, and is, the establishment of an independent ethics enforcement agency that would enforce New York law without fear or favor.
This article discusses the failure of lawmakers to implement
ethical reforms that would prevent bid - rigging scandals
in economic development contracts.
It's also a worthwhile exercise to measure various proposed
ethical reforms with what we've just seen transpire
in two trials.
A practicing internist, his current research focuses on
ethical issues
in health
reform (focusing on accountable care organizations, ACOs).
In response to a Harvard Graduate School of Education report centered around
reforming the college admissions process, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan announced Wednesday that Yale would be making changes to next year's application to emphasize
ethical conduct and authentic academic and extracurricular engagement over laundry lists of achievements.
When animal lovers learn about the cruelty and killing that are rampant
in U.S. shelters, and that national animal protection organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) defend these shelters and thwart efforts at
reform, the first and the most logical question they ask is: Why?
This report proposes major institutional
reform to establish animal welfare as a goal of Government policy
in order to give it
ethical and democratic legitimacy.
Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement
in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an
ethical finance
reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.
«A forum for discussion of important, current issues
in criminal law and procedure, a place to announce upcoming programs, cases, legislative initiatives, and policy changes, as well as a vehicle for encouraging creative law
reform to promote a fair and
ethical criminal process.
A 2014 report released by ILR found that TPLF is intertwined with Australia's class action system and certain
reforms to class action procedures and rules could restrain the use of TPLF
in class actions and reduce conflicts of interest and
ethical concerns.
The Lord Chief Justice perceives
reform to the costs regime to be one of the principal means of ensuring that private prosecutors tread carefully and
in compliance with their professional
ethical obligations.