Sentences with phrase «religious houses of»

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«From palaces of Maharajas and Raj Bhavans to prominent residences, hotels, hospitals, clubs, offices, factories, co-operative housing societies, educational and religious institutions, airports, railways, we reach out to everyone,» Variava said.

He also charged that it was «not a coincidence» that the statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day came the same day as Trump's executive order, which he described as a «religious test,» chalking both up to the influence of top White House strategist Steve Bannon.

Despite the demonstrable negative consequences in states that have passed laws that undermine LGBTQ equality, the coming months will indicate whether the ascent of Donald Trump to the White House is emboldening religious conservatives to press for more such bills after a series of gains for gay and transgender people at the federal level under the Obama administration.

It has also funded Look At Me, a fashion e-commerce startup, and House of God, a platform for spiritual and religious content.

President Donald Trump presided over a National Day of Prayer event in the White House Rose Garden for the second year, pledging at the Thursday morning gathering to protect religious liberty all across America.

Why are you listening to black clerics over this issue, Blacks are having more kids out of wed lock than whites, they are also like white, living in sin, but the church's say nothing about having babies without a husband or sitting in church and living in sin, talk about glass houses, and besides the marriages are Cival marriage not religious marriage, what a bunch of hipocrites..

The answer is that the Christian right in our country is constantly trying to force their religious beliefs into the public sphere (science education, school prayer at public schools, Decalogue displays at court houses, nativity scenes on city hall property, crosses in all kinds of public places, national days of prayer, etc.)-- if these things stopped, the outcry from us non-believers would be greatly diminished.

CNN: In culture war skirmishes, Georgetown becomes political football In the latest round of culture wars over contraception and religious liberty, most Americans would probably identify places like the White House and Congress as key battlefields.

Jesus called out the religious leaders of his time and said that they would not enter the kingdom of heaven because they lived in palaces on hills while they devoured the houses of widows (in Luke).

Legally, the county's moratorium may violate a federal law — the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act — which makes it illegal for local governments to place a «substantial burden» on houses of worship and their function.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

Religious belief should live in the believers» hearts and houses of worship, and should be removed from the public square entirely.

Ever since Bible - quoting Sunday school teacher Jimmy Carter won the White House in 1976, presidential candidates have followed his example of using religious rhetoric that is testimonial, partisan, sectarian and liturgical.

Nobody ever talks about the sign in front of almost every house of worship talking about the coming sermon, or any other form of religious advertising — and those outnumber anything atheists do by an order of magnitude.

Gumpel, «since Mother Pascalina was humble about her own work, how often Pius XII assigned Mother the task of taking food and supplies to the religious houses providing refuge.»

Are Americans better off today because of that fervent religious believer in the White House?

Keep ALL religious fanatics out of the White House — otherwise you are nothing more than the flip side of the same coin as the religious fanatic hardliners in Muslim countries.

The previous hearings in the house on birth control and infringement on religious freedom are a perfect example of that.

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders.

There would be apostolic visitations of seminaries and houses of religious formation, led by seminary rectors and religious men and women from living and growing communities, who would recommend needed changes; the trustee agency would then mandate their implementation.

Bhandarkar, Vaishn i ~ m, Sai,, ii, n. and Minor Religious Systems (Nepali Kapra, Varnas: Indological Book House, 1965), p. 1; j. N. Farquhar, «The Religious Quest of India: An Outline of the Religious Literature of India (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1920); George Thibaut, ed, «The VedantaSt.tra ~ with the Co, nmeneary by Sanltarakaryo, p art I, Vol.

That last biblical reference also loomed large in another 2011 White House meeting between Obama and a group of religious leaders.

Rogers, who worked with the Obama administration during the planning of his first inauguration in 2009, will become Director of the Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a job that includes working with outside religious groups and acting as the top White House official on religious issues.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said in response to the criticism that the decision was made after «very careful consideration» of the way the rule would affect religious organizations.

Governmental restrictions include items such as blasphemy laws, bans against evangelism, and preventing religious groups from constructing houses of worship.

That might change, as several bills have popped up in the US House of Representatives this year, aimed both at expediting the process for religious groups threatened by ISIS and at beefing up the screening of anyone from Iraq or Syria.

Conroy's job as a chaplain was to pray at the beginning of every House session and also to serve as the religious counsel to every member of the House of Representatives community.

The evangelical pastor Joel Hunter, center, and White House Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Executive Director Joshua DuBois, right, are the President's closest religious counselors.

He also came to oppose the long - established practice of employing chaplains at public expense in the House of Representatives and Senate on the grounds that it violated the separation of church and state and the principles of religious freedom **.

There is little difference between religious discrimination in a public advertising medium and racial, creedal or sexual discrimination in the voting booth, the sale of housing, or as the basis for employment.»

From the inception of the enterprise in the decree of Darius, «Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices,» (Ezra 6:3) to the festal celebration of ultimate success — «They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced» (Nehemiah 12:43) the religious life of the restorers of Zion centered in the altar.

On February 1, a group of 51 faith - based, human rights and civil rights organizations, led by Muslim Advocates, called on House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to urge King and his committee to address all forms of religious extremism rather than focusing on Islam.

This shift is interpreted by some to reflect a narrowing of religious liberty to what occurs within the walls of a house of worship during service times.

Last Tuesday, just days before the draft of the religious freedom executive order began circulating, the White House announced that Trump would enforce, and not overturn, an Obama administration order protecting LGBT individuals from discrimination in federal and government contract employment.

The material has its origins in conferences given at Pluscarden and other religious houses and is primarily a commentary on Saint Benedict's writings for those who have placed themselves under his Rule, but the heading «quisquis» (literally «anyone») implies that here is wisdom for everyone who sincerely seeks to «prefer nothing to the love of Christ», a goal that ought to be shared by all the baptised.

After closed - door conversations with the White House going back to November, the cardinal - in - waiting challenged the White House over an insurance mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forced religious institutions, except for houses of worship, to provide insurance plans that included coverage for contraceptives.

The comments filed Monday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services express concerns over the regulations» exemption of houses of worship but not other religious entities such as schools, hospitals and social welfare program providers.

It may be quite modest, corresponding to the daily life of the individual, and can be very different for the parish priest or the layman from what it is in a religious house.

This year's Thanksgiving Day proclamation from the White House has a distinctly religious ring to it, referring to the «gifts of a gracious God» to the nation.

He even overturned tables at the temple and called them (the «religious folk» of the day) thieves for turning his house into a den of thieves.

I am old enough to remember when the main purpose of Reed's Christian Coalition and other groups on the religious right was to put born - again Christians in the Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court.

He observes in Madness and Civilization that medieval society, except for its treatment of lepers (and religious minorities), tended, less than ours, to incarcerate its own members for deviancy But by the 17th and 18th centuries, society imprisoned the idle, the poor, the insane and the criminal without distinction in the former houses of leprosy.

The letter, written and signed by leaders of several faiths, asks President Obama, President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to reject the report that says religious institutions could be viewed as bigoted.

When White House press secretary Jody Powell was asked how well the media handled the religious dimension of Jimmy Carter, he replied: «The American people, as a whole, are probably better equipped to understand that aspect of Jimmy Carter's life than are the people who are trying to explain it to them.

Specialized religious houses (such as the Anointed Music & Publishing Company of Meriden, Connecticut) are springing up all over America,

All of the clerical, garb and regalia, all of the structures of religious accountability, all of the Christian vocabulary and books, all of the schools and seminaries and parish houses and Bible studies, all of the religious titles and educational degrees — they guarantee nothing.

Of course, you don't want a Buddah or whatever statue (a religious icon) in your house because that is the only thing that they are used for, religious worship.

For the mosque construction projections is has supported so far, the ADL's legal arguments revolve around the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a 1990 law requiring government to show a compelling interest if it imposes land use regulations on houses of worship.

From Theca Varieties of Religious Experience (Modern library ed., New York: Random House, 1936), p. 2).

She reminded the House of the immense contributions that people of faith are making to the well - being of the nation — schools, food banks, social support, child care and many others - and concluded that there is a need for greater religious literacy.