Sentences with phrase «government coercion of»

«Today's proposal continues to involve needless government intrusion in the internal governance of religious institutions, and to threaten government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions,» the statement said.

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The U.S. media somehow neglect to mention that the U.S. Government is spending hundreds of billions of dollars abroad not only in the Near East for direct combat, but to build enormous military bases to encircle the rest of the world, to install radar systems, guided missile systems and other forms of military coercion, including the color revolutions that have been funded and are still being funded all around the former Soviet Union.

Worse is when they believe that on account of their success, they are superior and thus have a moral duty to impose their views on others, including by government coercion.

Pope Paul VI and the «out of touch» Church predicted in 1969 that widespread use of contraception would lead to four things: 1) General lowering of moral standards, 2) A rise in infidelity, and illegitimacy 3) The reduction of women to objects used to satisfy men and 4) Government coercion in reproductive matters.

Only violence is effectual in the face of exploitation, coercion and oppression by the rich and their governments.

An intimation of better times appeared in February 2015 when, shortly after Obama's visit, Modi broke a long silence and, to the dismay of hardliners, proclaimed, «My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith and that everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or her choice without coercion or undue influence.»

If one asks, what are the possible roads to a world without war, that essential way - station on the way to freedom of information in anecologically organized world, Arthur Waskow answers that there are five: (a) Control of the nation - state system through stabilizing the balance of power and reducing international tensions but keeping the weapons; (b) Reform of the system through total disarmament without abandoning national sovereignty or the pursuit of national interest; (c) Extension of the system through the creation of a federal world government; (d) Fragmentation of the system through increases in the power of extra-national associations and Institutions across national boundaries, and corresponding decreases in state power as these occupational, industrial, scientific, and other groups gradually expropriate from the national governments the power to make decisions within their own fields; and (e) Abolition of the system through substituting love f or coercion.20.»

At the same time, the Free Exercise Clause safeguards the religious liberty of individuals, imposing a ban on coercion or discrimination by government.

Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.

Skipping those, look for the churches that oppose the use of force and coercion by government authoriies.

Although similar laws exist in six other states in India, those governments have not defined the terms «inducement,» «coercion,» «force,» or «fraud» in the context of religious conversions.

It is one of the greatest weaknesses of our time that we lack the patience and faith to build up voluntary organizations for purposes which we value highly, and immediately ask the government to bring about by coercion (or with means raised by coercion) anything that appears as desirable to large numbers.

The government of a liberal democracy is like every other government in that it coerces its citizens in all kinds of ways for the common good — the dominant form of this coercion being taxation.

Although even this side of government — as in its provisions for education and for many social services — has to make use of coercion in the collection of taxes, it is highly creative, based on persuasion.

Analysis shows that coercion in the punishment of a child, in firing a teacher, or in government enforcement of socially adopted laws consists in withholding rewards or applying penalties.

We sometimes sanitize and mystify the fact that governments use violence and the threat of violence by calling it «force» or «coercion.»

I have no problem with that agenda in a world in which coercion is necessary to control a fallen humanity, and in which the coercive powers of government are themselves wielded by fallen humans.

Sociologist Elizabeth Murphy has argued that government breastfeeding policy in the United Kingdom has relied on a sort of «quiet coercion,» a phenomenon quite similar to what is happening here, on the other side of the pond.

Pope John Paul II condemned government - controlled family planning programs Thursday, saying couples have a fundamental right to decide the size of their families free from state coercion.

In practice, the main source of said coercion since at least 1930s comes from the government; therefore in practice this means that achieving this philosophical goal requires limiting the power of the government.

But it was also a curious alliance of a technocratic drive for government regulation, the supposed expression of «value - free science,» and the pietist religious impulse to save America — and the world — by state coercion.

«The former solicitor general and current interim attorney general is a Cuomo appointee, the inspector general is a Cuomo appointee, the head of (the Joint Commission on Public Ethics) is a Cuomo appointee and every other constitutional branch of government outside of the U.S. attorney has shrunk from their responsibility under the weight of Cuomo coercion.

Social anarchism calls for a system with common ownership of means of production and democratic control of all organisations, without any government authority or coercion.

He nevertheless emphasised the various forms of coercion already existing in society apart from government.

But the coercion of mandatory labeling ought to be reserved for information that is relevant to health, not GMO content, because government - sponsored assessments have repeatedly concluded that approved GMOs are at least as safe and nutritious as their conventionally bred counterparts.

Organized medicine, with government support (coercion) is in the business of managing diseases using drugs.

This is a secret - agent story in which the secret agent angrily complains that she got sent to «whore school» by her government, one that tries to flesh out the undercurrent of misogynistic coercion inherent in so many of these narratives.

Democracies require a popularly elected government that is accountable to the electorate and free from external coercion, and all forms of contestation and participation must be equally accessible to all.

Addressing the government's «Schools that work for everyone» green paper for the first time, Mike Buchanan, the chair of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC), has stressed that «coercion is unnecessary» to encourage independent schools to work with the state sector.

It found no evidence «with respect to [Caviness's] specific employment claims, that Horizon acted in concert or conspired with state actors, was subject to government coercion or encouragement, or was otherwise entwined or controlled by an agency of the State.»

In Section 2331 of Chapter 113 (A), defines terrorism as activities that: involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (B) ``... activities that involve violent... or life - threatening acts... that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and... appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and... (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States...» (10) Subsequently paper will go deeper in counter-terrorism legislation of US.

[30] Congress could also incorporate protections, such as those in the proposed First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), which would protect schools» ability to maintain their religious and cultural character free of government coercion.

Through a series of reference points ranging from torture methods employed during the Spanish Civil War to repetitive music used to brainwash victims in Stanley Kubrick's seminal film Clockwork Orange the exhibition looks at the manner in which artistic production has migrated from an aesthetic pursuit to the soft - coercion of government and institutions power.

If government managers were accused of sexual harassment, perhaps with the knowledge of political appointees, the distinction between ordinary scientific debate and managerial coercion might be more clear.

Somehow the framers of the US constitution managed to gift the federal government with the power of coercion over individual states.

Since the NAACP case in 1958, the Supreme Court has recognized the First Amendment right of advocacy organizations to maintain the confidentiality of their private donors, precisely in order to protect the donors against government coercion.

I think that rational civilized government policies ought to give incentives, coercion, and even mandates to maximize the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness of individuals, as well as promote the common welfare.

We regularly represent individuals and entities who have been the victim of harassment, coercion, intimidation, physical violence or discrimination based upon age, disability, medical condition, national origin, sex, race, ethnicity, or religion, as well as those whose constitutional rights have been violated by the government, the police, employers or others.

Terrorism is defined as a willful and deliberate act that is 1) an act that is a violent felony; 2) an act that the person knows or has reason to know is dangerous to human life; and, 3) an act that is intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence or affect the conduct of government through intimidation or coercion.

Similar concerns about coercion have been expressed in respect of the Tiwi Islands where there is a concern that the federal government will not deliver on a $ 10 million funding commitment for a new boarding school if the community rejects a proposed 99 year lease.