Sentences with phrase «freedom of all religious organizations»

«Today's action by the U.S. Supreme Court represents a major victory for the freedom of all religious organizations to hire employees who share the same faith — whether Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, or any other religion,» World Vision U.S. president Richard Stearns said in a press release.

Not exact matches

With the exception of North Carolina's legislation, the laws and proposed legislation are loosely termed Religious Freedom Reformation Act (RFRA) bills, and in their current form they give businesses and other organizations the right to withhold services from clientele based on religious obReligious Freedom Reformation Act (RFRA) bills, and in their current form they give businesses and other organizations the right to withhold services from clientele based on religious obreligious objections.

It is reassuring that many of our current religious organizations understand that our nondiscrimination policy poses no threat to their religious freedom,» Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty said in a press release.

Expect religious freedom advocates to respond this week, but so far most of the organizations» Web sites don't have anything.

«[N] on - state actors, including rebel and terrorist organizations,... committed by far some of the most egregious human rights abuses and caused significant damage to the global status of respect for religious freedom,» according to the 2014 IRF report.

«One particular religious freedom issue demands our immediate attention: the now - finalized rule of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would force virtually all private health plans nationwide to provide coverage of sterilization and contraception - including abortifacient drugs - subject to an exemption for «religious employers» that is arbitrarily narrow, and to an unspecified and dubious future «accommodation» for other religious organizations that are denied the exemption,» the statement read.

Yet another restriction of religious freedom comes in the form of monitoring of or outright bans on foreign sources of funding — the lifeblood of many church organizations and other NGOs in India.

We do well to remember that the freedoms we tend to take for granted are, in disputes all around the country, being defended daily by organizations such as the Rutherford Institute, the Christian Legal Society, the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Liberty, Dean Kelley of New York and William Ball of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (each of whose prodigious energy is tantamount to that of an organization).

But this measure actually protects the religious freedom of the individuals working for the organization.

The ADL has the right to be inconsistent in its support of religious freedom at various places around the country — but they have allied their organization with the wrong folks in the NYC discussions.

In Indonesia, many Muslim citizens and organizations are committed to citizen equality and religious freedom, and Christian leaders are reaching out to them, according to Robert Hefner, director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University.

Yesterday's decision to officially label Boko Haram as a «foreign terrorist organization» drew strong praise from Christian Solidarity Worldwide and other observers of religious freedom in Nigeria.

One can not help but wonder how an organization that is paying its overdue telephone bills on the installment plan manages again and again to find the money for pastoral visitations in support of the world's misunderstood enemies of religious and political freedom.

Religious bodies should seek to reclaim the original rationale of nontaxation of nonprofit organizations in general for the sake of freedom of association for everyone.

«As several of the dissenting opinions pointed out, though, the majority opinion did not very strongly affirm the religious freedom of persons and organizations that for religious reasons believe in the historic conception of marriage,» said Carlson - Thies.

Christians living in better circumstances, however, need to take up the cause of their suffering brethren: they need to educate themselves about what is happening, spread the news, ask their own religious leaders to speak out, support reputable organizations that are working for religious freedom, and appeal to their political leaders to do far more in their contacts with key diplomats and oppressive governments.

InterVarsity has long had a strict policy that its leadership can only identify as Christian, and the lawsuit against Wayne State articulated that the action to dismiss the organization is a violation of religious freedom.

CNN: After contraception controversy, Catholic Church announces religious freedom campaign The Roman Catholic Church announced a major campaign Thursday aimed at bringing attention to what it said were growing threats to religious liberty in the United States, including the pending White House rule requiring health insurance companies to provide free contraceptive coverage to employees of Catholic organizations.

Many religious organizations, such as World Vision, World Relief, and Catholic Charities partner with the federal government, but often receive grants, not contracts, so are not affected by the order, said Stanley Carlson - Thies, director of the Institutional Religious Freedom religious organizations, such as World Vision, World Relief, and Catholic Charities partner with the federal government, but often receive grants, not contracts, so are not affected by the order, said Stanley Carlson - Thies, director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Religious Freedom Alliance.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

Trump's order to ease limits on political activity by religious organizations is being met with enthusiasm and dread from religious leaders, with some rejoicing in the freedom to preach their views and endorse candidates and others fearing the change will erode the integrity of houses of worship.

From accounts, ramifications and implications of the new law were anticipated and discussed extensively, especially in the area of protecting freedoms for religious and religiously - affiliated organizations.

Facing History and Ourselves — an educational and professional development organization that helps people of all ages confront the lessons of history — in partnership with the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom has launched the Give Bigotry No Sanction project to inspire thoughtful conversation about matters of religiousReligious Freedom has launched the Give Bigotry No Sanction project to inspire thoughtful conversation about matters of religious fFreedom has launched the Give Bigotry No Sanction project to inspire thoughtful conversation about matters of religiousreligious freedomfreedom.

«It's basically a unanimous decision where the court has said that religious organizations do have freedom of religion, which had been contested,» says Phillips.

The Court also held that the Tribunal had failed to consider the impact its interpretation of this aspect of s. 24 (1)(a) would have «on the rights and freedoms of members of religious organizations, despite the guarantee of freedom of religion in s. 2 (a) of the Charter.»

Because of the possible protections afforded «freedom of religion» under the constitutions of many countries, we've seen various groups or individuals seek to exempt their activities from the normal operation of the law by claiming to be or belong to «churches» or «religious organizations.»

Harry is vice president of legal affairs and chief litigation counsel for Liberty Counsel, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family.

[4] A judge's membership in a religious organization as a lawful exercise of the freedom of religion is not a violation of this Rule.

That is the anti-thesis of the protection of religious freedom afforded by the human rights legislation in both BC and Ontario (both of which expressly permit religious organizations to discriminate in favour of members of their religion in the provision of services in the public sphere) and the Charter.

On the contrary, it is a consequence of the connection between the religious organization and the society around it (In any event Canada does not have a separation of Church and state; it has freedom of — and from, if desired — religion, as one value among several equally protected values.)