Sentences with phrase «primary purpose of religion»

This has been the primary purpose of religion, of course - to congregate people for the Greater Good - but God has been, in fact, the divine carrot.

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The HHS mandate allows religious exemption if the organization meets the following criteria: (1) its primary purpose is to promote religious values; (2) it primarily employs persons of the same religion; (3) it primarily serves persons of the same religion; and (4) it is a nonprofit organization under specific sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

While it is true that the primary purpose of the 1st Amendment is to guarantee freedom of religion, it does, in some very important ways, provide for freedom of religion within the Establishment Clause.

While it is true that the primary purpose of the 1st Amendment is to guarantee freedom of religion, it does, in some very important ways, provide for freedom from religion within the Establishment Clause.

By holding that the statute did not have an impermissible purpose, that its primary effect was not the advancement of religion, and that it did not require «excessive entanglement» between church and state, the Court sent a signal to the political branches that more creative uses of the structures of civil society (including churches) may now be permissible in the American welfare state.

The principle, in this context, merely constrains government officials not to make decisions with the predominant purpose or primary effect of advancing religion; in other words, the predominant purpose and primary effect must be nonreligious or secular in nature.

It consists of three prongs: The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose; The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion; The government's action must not result in an «excessive government entanglement» with religion.

Two Illinois courts of appeals held that Illinois» tax credit for educational expenses is constitutional because it has a clearly secular legislative purpose of ensuring a well - educated citizenry and relieving public expense, has the primary effect of effectuating those purposes, and involves no more government entanglement with religion than many other state tax laws.

Likewise, the lower court rejected the ACLU's Blaine Amendment claim, holding that it «was not intended to preclude any expenditure that has an incidental benefit to religion, where such is made for a primary secular purpose,» and that the ESA «was enacted for the valid secular purpose of providing financial assistance to parents to take advantage of educational options available to Nevada children.»