Sentences with phrase «marriages against their beliefs»

Culture secretary Maria Miller made clear that a «quadruple lock» had been incorporated within the Bill to protect all religious institutions from having to conduct marriages against their beliefs.

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Thus our laws against incest, bigamy and child marriage reflect the belief that marriage, as defined by the State, is to be judged in terms of another and higher standard.

The argument against gay marriage isn't that it has a harmful effect to anyone else but instead that it is against certain religious beliefs.

If you were being told that legally you had to perform same sex marriages I would fight with you because it goes against your beliefs.

If a Muslim religious leader or business leader spoke out against gay marriage, based on the teachings of the Koran, they wouldn't say a word, but because the CEO of Chick - Fil - A and Billy Graham are Christians and base their beliefs on the teachings of the New Testament they are unfairly accused of hate speech.

On this particular topic as long as people who vote their religious belief against gay marriage then it benefits people who believe differently — for any reason to be involved in the discussions since it affects them directly or indirectly.

If BLGT boycotts Chick - fil - A for their belief, it would be fair for those who are against gay marriage to boycott companies supporting any BLGT gathering.

In recent years, evangelicals have pushed for greater «conscience protections» for Christians, hoping to keep believers from being forced to go against their beliefs on marriage and sexuality at their workplaces.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

I mean, their opposition to «gay marriage» for example is founded on religious beliefs they believe to be objectively true, to which any deviation is an offence against God - naturally, this will trump any commitment to pluralism or relativism, as your appeal for a «secular state» seems to be about.

Addabbo has said he never discussed his personal beliefs or how he would vote on gay marriage in the Senate during his campaign against then Sen. Serphin Maltese (R - Glendale).

During that lunch, I explained to him the discrimination Scott Stringer demonstrated against a qualified Hispanic woman who, because of her religious beliefs, is opposed to marriage between a man and a man, or a woman and a woman,» Mr. Díaz said.

Washington (CNN)-- Senate Democrats pushed back en masse against one of President Barack Obama's federal court nominees on Wednesday, questioning Michael Boggs of Georgia about his past statements and beliefs about abortion, gay marriage and the Confederate flag.

Later describing himself as an atheist who is becoming more open - minded toward faith, Oswalt questions the widely - held practice of respecting other's beliefs and proceeds to attack those who vote against gay marriage amendments because «they like a book», equating the Bible with any old literature.

The Christian owner of a B&B in Berkshire was found to have discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to allow them stay in a double - bedded room because of her belief that all sexual activity outside of marriage is wrong.

An integral aspect of UK labour law is that it is unlawful to discriminate against a person based on their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

One of the cases being heard in Belfast will be Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd, in which the Justices will hear arguments on whether a bakery directly discriminated against a customer on the grounds of sexual orientation when the bakery said they could not fulfil an order for a cake with «Support Gay Marriage» written on it because of their religious beliefs.

Now that Governor Jan Brewer vetoed SB 1062, the marriage industry in Phoenix will have to serve same - sex couples that want to celebrate their domestic partnerships, even if it's against their religious beliefs.