The Supreme Court has ruled that the «negative right» to the free
exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment does not prevent individuals from being coerced into obeying laws of general applicability when doing so violates their religious beliefs.
Not exact matches
This fall the U.S. Supreme Court will consider arguments in a case that goes to the very heart
of the constitutional
guarantee of free
exercise of religion.
The nonprofits say these requirements violate the free
exercise of religion, as
guaranteed by the Constitution.
The free
exercise and enjoyment
of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever hereafter be
guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account
of his opinions concerning
religion; but the liberty
of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts
of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety
of the state.
In a ruling that narrowed the constitutionally
guaranteed «free
exercise of religion,» the Court said that Swaggart Ministries must pay $ 18
The US Constitution, as the absolute highest law
of the land,
guarantees that everyone can freely
exercise their own
religion, and worship as they see fit.
They are there in order to facilitate the First Amendment -
guaranteed free
exercise of religion for our servicemen and women.
We need to extend First Amendment
guarantees of free speech and free
exercise of religion to the broadcast media.
They produced a diploma
of [Hulegu]
guaranteeing express protection and free
exercise of their
religion.
«We support the protection
of all Americans including the right to the free
exercise of religion, as
guaranteed by the Constitution
of the United States.»
The proposition that section 2 (a) incorporates, to an unclear degree, both «free
exercise» and «anti-establishment» values in a unitary
guarantee of religious freedom can be supported by the language
of the text itself... the Charter is not restricted to protecting only the free
exercise of religion, but «freedom
of...
religion» in a larger sense.
The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to
guarantee that the rights enunciated in the present Covenant will be
exercised without discrimination
of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.