Sentences with phrase «other religious organizations organizations»

It was Christian and other religious organizations organizations that were out there doing all the work.

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.

A charitable organization serves broad public purposes in educational, religious, scientific and artistic fields, among others, as well as the relief of poverty and other public benefit activities.

Circular religious logic will still never fully justify the fact that religion asks for special rights and protections, which it gets, and then turns those rights and protections on other groups as a defense mechanism for when they are accused of discriminating... i.e. «We can choose who we accept and who we don't because of our beliefs... wait, what... how can you say you will not accept our religious organization, that's religious discrimination!»

Religious organizations, like any other human organization, eventually revolve around money and influence, it can not be helped.

Theoretically, a Christian organization would have to elect an atheist if he really was the best man for the job in all ways other than his religious views.

FFS, she could have joined any other religious organization at that.

Mr. Kurtz, as is usual in these discussions, makes no complaint about black churches that are much more overtly political, nor about other religious organizations on the left that frequently come much closer to «electioneering.»

He also founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an organization that encourages acts of justice rooted in prayer and respect for other religious traditions.

First, who really cares what the Church, or any other religious organization thinks about policy?

Those people who were in the Klan or any other religious organization claimed to be closer to God and felt they had the right to proclaim others way of life as wrong.

The FDA decision does not resolve other controversial issues swirling around the pills, including the refusal of hospitals run by religious organizations to offer them, of some pharmacies to stock them and of some antiabortion pharmacists to dispense them.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

My girls just kept their mouths shut, because we knew we were in a basically religious organization, and we didn't have any other alternatives in our small town.

Religious organizations have until August 1, 2013 to comply with the decision — a year longer than most other employers.

The reason churches are given tax - exempt status is the same reason that any other non-profit organization (whether religious or not) is given the same status: they engage in charitable work that benefits the community.

Both of these types of organizations, among others, tend to have diverse populations, it would be nothing short of doctrinaire to impose a particular religious dogma on the medical care of everyone who is a patient, a student or an employee.

In other words, is religious belief the ultimate center of convergence and organization for reason: its stage of maturation, source of identity, place of survival?

«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.

Among other things, if the bill forbids colleges to engage in discrimination based on religious belief, they will be the only belief - based organizations barred from demanding that their employees commit to that underlying belief (an institution based on a secular ideal would not face the bar).

In the future, this may increasingly become the legislative and judicial compromise in religious - exemption disputes: The organization will be permitted to demand uniformity of belief but forbidden to discriminate based on any other ground.

The work of religious organizations has long been and continues to be central both to religious believers» lives and to the welfare of others.

The ruling signals that «there are ways to accommodate the religious convictions of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Baptist organizations, and other Christian groups without sacrificing their consciences,» said Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, in a shoreligious convictions of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Baptist organizations, and other Christian groups without sacrificing their consciences,» said Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, in a shoReligious Liberty Commission, in a short video.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

Although there are many religious folk with good intentions — some selflessly helping others, religions and religious organizations are, as a whole, just big old clubs — each trying to out do each other and inspiring hate and division (often disguised as love) along the way.

If I had given to my children what I gave to the church and other religious organizations, they might have had a nice down payment for a house each.

But the order also states that faith - based organizations receiving federal dollars may use their facilities to provide government - backed social services, even if those facilities include religious art, icons, scriptures and other religious symbols.

Other religious expressions and traditions were almost forced off the air totally by these (now) wealthy conservative Protestant organizations.

Eventually, the White House changed course and extended the religious exemption to other religious organizations and will force insurers to provide and pay for contraceptives to people who work for religious organizations who oppose contraceptives.

Witness for Peace and other religious groups, former CIA officials, and human rights organizations such as Americas Watch and Amnesty International have all documented and condemned U.S. support for the contras and other «friendly» governments that terrorize civilians.

They established links with other interested organizations, solicited input from different religious groups, and in general made every conceivable effort to broaden their base and justify their claim to be producing «a true People's Earth Charter.»

However, if there are groups of atheists, and I am not saying there are, with organizing principles like, elevating humanity, belief in evolution, belief in the big bang theory absent God, or other such beliefs consistent with atheism as a belief, AND they organize to promote those beliefs and theories, or educate people regarding their belief that there is no God, then those groups consti tute a religious organization.

If religious organizations have an ulterior motive other than to help the downtrodden, poor and needy, then want is the motive of a medical doctor in your opinion?

Other scholars say that religious tax exemption is simply a matter of good public policy, much as educational, cultural, and other voluntary organizations that render public service are tax - exOther scholars say that religious tax exemption is simply a matter of good public policy, much as educational, cultural, and other voluntary organizations that render public service are tax - exother voluntary organizations that render public service are tax - exempt.

Christian sects exhibit attitudes which, if contrasted to those of other religious organizations, offer striking parallels.

AS long as it is applied equally across ALL religious organizations, there is no bias against one or the other, and no favoritism, so no violation.

religions and religious organizations can bring economic development and employment like other industries.

The study of the structures of religious groups should be carried on without prejudice in favor of one or the other principle of organization, e.g., the charismatic as against the hierarchical, or vice versa — and application of the general methodological requirement discussed above.

I'm going to tell you a little about myself by way of introduction and how I happened to get into the work that I do - of working primarily with congregations and occasionally with other religious organizations around issues of human differences.

I'm going to tell you a little about myself by way of introduction and how I happened to get into the work that I do — of working primarily with congregations and occasionally with other religious organizations around issues of human differences.

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.

The Catholic Church, like every other religious organization, is not without its faults.

On the other hand, the concern among religious organizations for a responsible society often is articulated ineffectively owing to limited resources and to the diffuse results of piecemeal efforts at «social - action» projects.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

The evidence covers partisan political activity and nonpartisan community activity; it covers religious activity and secular activity; it covers high - commitment activities and low - commitment activities; it covers things one can do as an individual as well as things requiring the cooperation of others; it covers informal socializing as well as participation in formal organizations.

I would never give money to a religious organization that doesn't pay taxes — that is like giving money to my kids — and they need it more than the church... I think faith is a wonderful thing for a lot of people — including myself (I have faith in myself)-- I just wish others would keep their «faith» personal, and out of politics and government.

To share their faith, citizens must secure a government permit through a registered religious organization, and they can not evangelize anywhere besides churches and other religious sites.

It also exempts churches, parochial schools and other religious organizations from the requirement to provide contraception as part of their health insurance plans.

The church, along with other religious organizations, has learned the art of spinning everything in its favor to ensure its longevity.