Sentences with phrase «first freedom»

They're infringing upon our first freedom, the freedom of religion, by infringing on Catholic charities, Catholic churches, Catholic hospitals.»

Which brings me to final thoughts on the last few Friday reflections on the first freedom of the First Amendment.

Given the religious tension that marked the tragic incident, it was not an insignificant event at which to unveil a new way of referring to our First Freedom.

«Religious freedom is the first freedom.

The emphasis we are compelled now to put upon our first freedom risks distorting the moral message of religious and social conservatives in a number of important ways, and in the process undermining our case for liberty and tolerance.

Religious liberty has therefore become the foremost public priority of social conservatives, and the importance of that first freedom has taken center stage in our case to the larger society.

This understanding of the practical meaning of our first freedom makes it easier to see why the practice it protects so easily outgrows the narrow bounds of the exercise of religion as envisioned by our legal system.

For instance, this: «The free exercise of religion has been called the first freedom — that which originally sparked the development of the full range of the Bill of Rights.

We further pledge to work with persons of good will to ensure that our First Freedom is maintained, in the military and in the civilian arenas, as we render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, but not that which belongs only to God.

«Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment,» Wolf said on Wednesday.

Explaining why it's important that the First Freedom be protected because there are other freedoms that are at stake as well.

In that case, Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for himself and four other members of the Court, knocked religious liberty off its rightful pedestal as the «first freedom» and relegated it to the position of a dependent afterthought.

Apply that hollowed - out notion of the first freedom to domestic public policy, and what do you get?

In the past decade, the culture of death has gained momentum (even as pro-life marches and valiant efforts to chip away at it continue), the sexual revolution has expanded into runaway legal and popular support for same - sex marriage and gender ideology, and religious liberty, once regarded as our country's «first freedom,» has come under sustained attack.

Women for Refugee Women sent off their first Freedom of Information request for the data in February.

Freedom of religion is the first freedom protected in the First Amendment.

Fifty years after the first Freedom Riders changed America for the better, school reformers can follow their example.

The Newark Black Film Festival, the longest running festival of its kind in the United States, kicks off its 40th season on June 25 at the Newark Museum with a film that marks the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride in May 1961.

The first freedoms guaranteed in this historic document were inspired by Thomas Jefferson and articulated in just 45 words by James Madison.

The firm's international arbitration and litigation practice obtained a significant judgment from the African Court on Human and Peoples» Rights — the highest court in the African Union — in the first freedom of expression case in the Court's history.

On Friday, 3 June 2016, the firm's international arbitration and litigation practice obtained another significant judgment from the African Court of Human and People's Rights in Konaté v. Burkina Faso — the first freedom of expression case in the Court's history.

Ms. Narancio has also acted in pro bono matters with the Media Legal Defence Initiative, notably representing Lohé Issa Konaté in the first freedom of expression case in the African Court on Human and People's Rights.

On Friday, December 5, 2014, the firm's international arbitration and litigation practice obtained a significant judgment from the African Court on Human and Peoples» Rights — the highest court in the African Union — in the first freedom of expression case in the Court's history.

David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of the forthcoming «First Freedom: A Ride through America's Enduring History With the Gun, From the Revolution to Today.

As a matter of fact I couldn't upgrade my vehicle or replace a furnace on that first freedom number.