Sentences with phrase «religion in a free society»
The time of the Crusades and Inquisitions is over, you can't force people to accept your religion in a free society.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
If you can't stand watching your religion being criticized in a free society by free thinking adults, go live in a church without any access to the public or something.
Thus in the course of building a society «in which the free development of each is the condition for the development of all, «38 one must fight religion because it will inevitably stand in one's path.
Unlike many global religions with theocratic institutions or faiths that weave intricately into personhood and national identity, Christian belief and adherence is virtually impossible to assume of anyone in a free society.
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, and that no particular religious sect or society ought to be favored or established by law in preferrence [sic] to others.
George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.
(It also contributes to the free - market environment in religion that helps account for the amazing vitality of religion in this country, a vitality unmatched by any other comparably modern society.)
«They are keenly aware of the need for social and economic justice, the stewardship of creation, and equality of opportunity; they are equally aware of the need for a society free from any form of prejudice rooted in anything which is part of the individual identity, gender, race, origin, religion or orientation of anyone.»
Toni Solo of Scoop Independent News has commented: «One of the defining characteristics of contemporary Nicaraguan society is a widespread turning to religion or spirituality for affirmation in the face of the ruthless application of savage «free market» capitalism.
Jesus had a social program which «sought to rebuild a society upwards from its grass roots, but on principles of religious and economic egalitarianism» made concrete in «the combination of free healing and common eating» which «negated alike and at once the hierarchial and patronal normalcies of Jewish religion and Roman power.»
Corporations in a society that protects the freedom to practice religion as well as the freedom from religion are free to leave the country if they can not operate under these conditions.
It seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected.
As a result, the right to freedom of speech in the form of the right to discuss, debate and indeed lampoon religion is a fundamental feature of a free society, but the same arguments can not be applied to discussion of race...»
While s. 293 offends the freedom of religion of identifiable groups guaranteed by s. 2 (a) of the Charter and the s. 7 liberty interests of children between 12 and 17 married into polygamy, the provision, save in its application to the latter group, is demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
[260] This Charter right, like others, is subject to the limitation clause provided in s. 1 so that a limitation on freedom of conscience and religion is permissible if it is a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
The court had to determine if the Policies infringed freedom of religion, and if they did, whether the infringement was justifiable in a free and democratic society.