Sentences with phrase «otherwise nonreligious»

Are the programs viewed by people who are otherwise nonreligious or unchurched?

If that is not enough, more than 10 percent of American citizens declare themselves atheistic or otherwise nonreligious.

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In other words, to avoid frivolous RFRA claims, Congress may need to preclude otherwise justifiable religious exercise concerns by severely limiting the availability of both religious and nonreligious - based exemptions and accommodations, potentially resulting in more draconian legislative drafting.

Employment v. Smith 494 US 872 applies this to criminal acts, holding that «The Free Exercise Clause permits the State to prohibit sacramental peyote use» and «the [Free Exercise] Clause does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply with a law that incidentally forbids (or requires) the performance of an act that his religious belief requires (or forbids) if the law is not specifically directed to religious practice and is otherwise constitutional as applied to those who engage in the specified act for nonreligious reasons».