Sentences with phrase «government of their particular religion»

They insist on using government resources for private religious purposes and as a subsidy and apparent approval and support by the government of their particular religion.

Not exact matches

The government's display of the creche in this particular physical setting [is] no more an endorsement of religion than such governmental «acknowledgments» of religion as legislative prayers,... government declaration of Thanksgiving as a public holiday, printing of «In God We Trust» on coins, and opening court sessions with «God save the United States and this honorable court.»

When the power, prestige and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform to the prevailing officially approved religion is plain.

«Whenever... preachers, instead of a lesson in religion, put [their congregation] off with a discourse on the Copernican system, on chemical affinities, on the construction of government, or the characters or conduct of those administering it, it is a breach of contract, depriving their audience of the kind of service for which they are salaried, and giving them, instead of it, what they did not want, or, if wanted, would rather seek from better sources in that particular art of science.»

reveals no instance where the Court ruled on the merits of a civil, criminal, or administrative action involving government favoritism or discrimination against a particular religion.

Contrary to popular belief, doing away with government endorsement of a particular religion is not the same thing as seeking government endorsement of atheism.

Under the test, first proposed by Supreme Court Justice Sandra O'Connor in a 1984 case from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, a display violates the Establishment Clause if it amounts to an official endorsement of religion, that is, if it suggests that the government approves a particular religious message (or disapproves such a message, though that issue does not regularly arise).

Separation of church and state simply means the government is not in support of, nor against, any particular religion unless an organization poses itself at opposition to the government or its citizens.

(if I take in consideration the comment made by phoog: How can the French government act (in any way) on a particular religion (and so, the people practicing it) while it has an obligation of neutrality towards its citizen?)

As to the women concerned, they were thus obliged to give up completely an element of their identity that they considered important, together with their chosen manner of manifesting their religion or beliefs, whereas the objective alluded to by the Government could be attained by a mere obligation to show their face and to identify themselves where a risk for the safety of persons and property was established, or where particular circumstances prompted a suspicion of identity fraud.

While avoiding reference to the clothing of any particular religion, Bill 62 does reiterate the previous bill's requirement that government staff not cover their faces when performing their work, unless the work requires it.