Sentences with phrase «religious organizations provide»

Many religious organizations provide community service programs as well.

Second, most of this article focuses on the social and interpersonal aspects that religious organizations provide to / for their members.

Not exact matches

In America today, there is a vast range of religious, secular and government organizations providing a wide variety of social services.

The policy goes into effect on August 1, but U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in a statement January 20 that religious organizations that do not provide contraceptive coverage based on religious belief will have until August 1, 2013, to comply.

The law requires organizations provide insurance coverage of FDA approved drugs regardless of their religious leaning with the one exception of purely religious organizations (churches, mosques, etc.).

To demand a religious based organizations to provide a service that goes directly against their theological beliefs is flat wrong.

«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 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.»

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.

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.

If you thin kabout it, the complaint of the religious organizations that don't want to provide people with this type of healthcare is — «You're taking away my ability to deny people the right to control their own body!».

All IRC section 501 (c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and ■ the organization's purposes and activities may

The attack to which Huckabee was referring, of course, is that section of President Obama's health care plan which requires virtually all institutions to provide contraceptives to their employees, even those religious organizations which reject contraception on moral grounds.

The White House appears to be softening its stance on the controversial rule forcing some religious organizations to provide birth control as part of their health insurance plans.

Nor do they take a stand on the recently enacted (but hotly debated) charitable choice legislation, which would allow religious organizations to compete equally for welfare contracts and to provide services without having to sanitize them of all religious content.

A voucher for specific social services, provided directly to clients by the state, could be redeemed by clients at an organization of their choice — and that organization could be as secular or as religious as it wanted to be without raising any constitutional difficulties.

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

Grant applicants are required to describe how families and «religious and charitable organizations, voluntary associations, and other groups in the private sector as well as services provided by publicly sponsored initiatives» will be included in the proposed activities.

CNN: After contraception controversy, Catholic Church announces religious freedom campaign The Roman Catholic Church announced a major campaign Thursday aimed at bringing attention to what it said were growing threats to religious liberty in the United States, including the pending White House rule requiring health insurance companies to provide free contraceptive coverage to employees of Catholic organizations.

(UPDATED) 5 - 4 decision on healthcare rules that the government can not require faith - based organizations to provide contraception against their owners» religious beliefs.

There are alternatives provided by HHS for non-profit organizations as well as religious organizations that are less burdensome than the current regulations.

While the evangelical and fundamentalist broadcasters have been successful in raising money, in building large organizations and support services, in utilizing new technologies, and in providing sophisticated religious programming for evangelical viewers, they have not demonstrated any greater capacity or ability to get their message across to the larger television population.

The Court conceded there was a compelling state interest in providing contraception; however, because the ACA has a number of exemptions and accommodations, most notably excusing non-profit religious organizations from the contraception mandate, forcing the plaintiffs to provide contraception coverage was not the least restrictive means to further the compelling interest, i.e. the HHS could have allowed the plaintiffs the same accommodations available for non-profit religious organizations.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

To help him and the Commission in their task I suggest the following ten reasons for judging that any religious organization fails to provide a public benefit and should therefore be excluded from charitable status:

Already, the Special Adviser disclosed that identified organizations have expressed commitment to join hands with the State by providing spaces in markets, mechanic villages and religious centres for the tutelage of adult learners.

In response to a sharp uptick in hate crimes across New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a $ 25 million program that would provide additional security measures to schools and day - care centers affiliated with religious or other belief - based organizations.

Saland was instrumental in crafting the religious exemption amendment that provided greater carve outs for religious organizations — which he went through in thorough detail in the floor debate on Friday.

The bill has divided religious organizations, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed the economic boon that gay couples will provide to the city.

The calendar also lists more than a dozen web resources from local and national organizations that provide services to those who feel they are being treated differently or unfairly because of race, color, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or age.

They say the state» s anti-discrimination laws already provide exemptions for religious organizations.

Allen Roskoff, president of the Owles club, said, «While red states fight to pass laws allowing religious discrimination, we provide special monies to bigoted organizations like the Salvation Army, the Catholic Church, and Agudath Israel.»

The non-profit organization is committed to providing the best long - term, quality care, while at the same time, supporting the religious beliefs of its residents and helping them to remain independent and able.

Counselors also provide general information, explaining to the student, for example, filing deadlines and that there may be scholarships and loans available from private sources, including: community organizations, foundations, professional associations, corporations, and commercial lending institutions, religious organizations, and professional groups.

The longest - running of the cases, filed in federal court in 2000, alleged that Arizona's individual tax - credit program violates the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution by permitting organizations to provide scholarships to students that can be used only at religious schools.

One is Arizona's tax credit for contributions to organizations that provide private school scholarships, including for students in religious schools.

Although many educators know the predictive powers of the «ABCs» of school success — attendance, behavior, and course completion in reading and mathematics — mentoring is often overlooked in school improvement and intervention plans.2 Educators may perceive (often wrongly) that community - based and religious organizations are providing such supports.

External organizations, such as a religious group or other for - profit or not - for - profit organization, that can provide financial assistance to a private school, not an independent school, will make the school less dependent on tuition and charitable donations for survival.

This will provide increases of $ 12 million for private / religious school tuition assistance to middle class families, $ 6 million for educational improvement organizations, and $ 2 million for Pre-K organizations.

Non-profit organizations that provide scholarships to children in Pennsylvania to attend the school of their choice — public, non-public or religious.

Tax credit programs offer incentives for individuals and corporations to donate to organizations that provide money for students to use for tuition and other educational costs at private schools, many of them religious.

For those who work in religious organizations, time spent on providing religious instruction or worship may not be counted among these hours.

Commercial sector: An energy - consuming sector that consists of service - providing facilities and equipment of businesses; Federal, State, and local governments; and other private and public organizations, such as religious, social, or fraternal groups.

Section 501 (c)(3) covers organizations that provide charitable, scientific, educational, religious and similar services.

Christian Horizons argued that it was not bound by the non-discrimination provisions of the Code because it fell within the «special employment» exemption in s. 24 (1)(a) of the Code, which provides that the right to equal treatment under s. 5 of the Code is not infringed where a religious organization is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons identified by ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, creed, sex, age, marital status or disability employs only persons similarly identified if the qualification is a reasonable and bona fide qualification because of the nature of the employment.

Quebec Justice Minister recently tabled Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for religious accommodation requests in certain bodies fostering respect for religious neutrality of the state and aimed in particular to frame requests for religious accommodations in certain organizations.

Whether your organization is a church, a mosque, a temple or another type of nonprofit religious entity, count on our Kentucky immigration lawyer to provide the knowledgeable and personalized legal counsel you require.

This balance is reflected, for example, in section 41 of the BC human rights code and section 18 of the Ontario human rights code, which provide exemptions from human rights legislation for certain organizations whose mandate includes serving a group identified by a protected grounds, including a particular religious group.

In addition, the Vital Statistics office is responsible for the registration of religious organizations and clergy who perform marriages, marriage commissioner appointments and providing burial permits.

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