Sentences with phrase «for their religious holidays???»

But the fact that Apple, famous for a religious - like attention to detail in its products, didn't catch the problem before releasing the HomePod struck some as a bad sign.

Sure, there are the major holidays that are celebrated worldwide for religious reasons, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Easter.

Those that are religious are more appropriate for religious celebrations (or for religious employers).

«The Hobby Lobby owners are trying to pierce the corporate veil to get exemptions for their religious beliefs, but they [likely] don't want to accept the other obligations imposed on the corporation,» Winkler says.

Unlike Hobby Lobby, where the High Court ruled narrowly to allow for - profit companies to exempt themselves from aspects of the health - care law for religious reasons, the latest cases deal with broader elements that underpin the ACA.

An evenly split decision in Zubik is likely to leave the high court's most recent ruling, which allows for a religious accommodation to the mandate, without taking it further.

In one recent example, a pizza parlor in Indiana closed its doors after considerable unwanted attention fell on the shop, whose owner refused to cater gay and lesbian weddings for religious reasons.

Know what accommodations you're legally required to make when employees need time off work for religious observances.

Several workers also told the Guardian that they were fired from the factory just before Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that began at the end of May, and rehired a month later in what they believe was an effort to make them ineligible for a religious holiday bonus that is required by Indonesian law.

But as the 140 - mile journey can take four hours by car in traffic, Uber is betting that Romanians would rather fly there, especially this weekend, which is a long weekend in Romania, with banks closed on Monday for a religious holiday.

Vegetarians will have an easier time in Hindu parts of India, for instance, where many keep a meat - free diet for religious reasons.

Since the Jews for Jesus case in the»80s with Sekulow, Ekonomou has done some work for the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit which advocates for religious and constitutional freedoms and is known for supporting Christian causes.

She chose not to get the shot for religious reasons (she submitted a letter of support from her minister) and because she didn't know how it would affect her; her mother had a bad reaction to a flu shot, she says.

«This practice is not right and our president Gormez has expressed his disapproval of it to the relevant authorities,» the spokesman for the Religious Affairs Directorate said.

In many states parents can refuse to vaccinate their children for religious and philosophical reasons.

The push for religious diversity has led to the establishment of Islamic Banks and insurance companies and now we have Islamic Accounts.

If you work for a religious organization that doesn't pay into the Social Security program, you must pay Social Security taxes if your earnings are more than $ 100 per year.

With state police and a smattering of protesters standing watch outside the church, brides clad in white and grooms in dark suits brought dozens of unloaded AR - 15s into World Peace and Unification Sanctuary for a religious event that doubled as an advertisement for the Second Amendment.»

Churches, church conventions or associations, as well as religious and apostolic organizations, including corporations and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded in the Torah.

It doesn't account for religious preferences.

This has been blown out of proportion to have fuel for another religious debate.

No one was competing for any religious position.

now THAT seems to be the narrowest road these days, especially for the religious....

I do not, as I have stated, have any love for the religious fundamentalists in this country, but I do not see any evidence that supports your claim.

Actually, requiring Religious belief is perfectly legal for a religious organization.

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The problem I have is that these «churches» using these schools are not paying enough to even cover the cost of the overhead of opening the building for them, and that if any group other than a Christian church tried to use the facilities for religious services, they would more than likely be denied.

Our human natures cry out for religious symbols, images, and pictures to help us create a mood for wors - h - ip.

The accommodations that some seek for religious communities that have a radically different understanding of human flourishing are, she believes, incompatible with pluralism.

Public schools are no place for religious services.

No, this decision is for all religious activities.

But like that case of Nativity scenes being given special protected spaces on public property, that is a special support for a religious purpose and so violates the law.

Now, please note what I'm not saying: I'm not calling for anyone to abandon their religious convictions or political affiliations, and I'm not calling for religious believers of any stripe to extricate their religious beliefs from their political views (as though that were possible).

No mention is made of Sharia Law in there, and no provisions made for religious laws, so your Sharia law, like the religious laws of any Christian, must conform to our legal system or be criminalized to the extent that they violate our laws.

Palin did offer a good selling point for the religious.

«We urge the Iranian government to uphold this right for religious minorities in Iran, in line with its obligations under international law and the provisions upholding the rights of religious minorities in its own constitution.»

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Obama is an extremist — by far the worst Democratic candidate ever — when it comes to respect for religious belief and institutional religion.

As for your religious practices not being dictated by any form of fear or other negative emotion... bull hockey.

Not for his religious beliefs, but because he travelled around the country with magic stones that he claimed could find buried treasure.

That is the main reason for Religious freedom in the USA.

CNN: My Take: Huge win for religious liberty at the Supreme Court Wednesday's Supreme Court decision holding that ministers can not sue their churches for employment discrimination was a huge win for religious liberty.

That is how difficult it is for a religious person to enter into the kingdom of God.

A better strategy would be to point out how one doesn't need religion to be a moral person, and then demonstrate how some of the people that claim to be a beacon for religious zealots (the GOP) practice an existence devoid of morality.

However, even with the presence of Tokes and other Eastern Europeans, attention to concerns for religious liberty was minimal.

People also go to their churches / mosques / synagogues / whatever for religious worship.

The problem for the religious is this: you give to a child a TRUE understanding of the natural world, and impart them with a TRULY scientific perspective, and they WILL see that god almost certainly does not exist, and that religion is a fairy tale.

In an earlier interview with the Press & Journal, Mr Movan claimed his constitutional right to practise freedom of religion had been «infringed upon» and that the police department had made «no accommodation» for his religious beliefs.

What would be shocking however is if this alien race had an incredibly similar story to that found in the bible complete with a single god, a jesus, some miracles, some parables, etc.... It would be the similarity of religions between alien races in this hypothetical that would truely shock me and at least make me question if that would be a solid point of evidence for the religious.