Sentences with phrase «religious protections»

It remains to be seen if he'll call for religious protections in the tax code bill.

I understand your concerns over the role of religious protections in the current marriage equality bill.

Ball says didn't vote against the law because of fairness, but because of his concerns over religious protections.

Sen. Andrew Lanza, who has sought greater religious protections for religious organizations, was spotted coming out of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office earlier today and would not comment on the meeting.

At the same time, it also ensures that the employers receive religious protections when they are up - front and candid about their sincerely held religious beliefs — and that we don't withhold those liberties on account of artificial distinctions — like whether or not the institution also earns a profit.

State Senate «Close» to Final Language on Religious Protections in Marriage - Equality Bill [Updated]

I was part of a trio of Senators that negotiated with the Governor and his staff for greater religious protections in this legislation — vastly in excess of the prior defeated version and substantially more than this year's earlier version.

By contrast, after the New Jersey Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie's appeal of a judge's overturning of the state's ban on same - sex marriage, an attempt by state lawmakers to later write a bill with religious protections collapsed under pressure from gay - rights groups.

In short, states where courts have ruled on same - sex marriage are «black hole» states where few or no specific religious protections are given, according to Robin Fretwell Wilson, a University of Illinois law professor who leads a group of legal scholars that advise lawmakers on religious exemptions.

Not only that, the federal RFRA does not protect against state laws that infringe upon religious liberty, and state religious protections are now vociferously opposed by progressive political adherents and large corporations — as Indiana discovered recently when it was threatened with economic ruin for attempting to pass an RFRA that extended to the operation of businesses.

Rather than give for - profit corporations the same religious protections as non-profit corporations, or other persons guaranteed constitutional protection, it would single for - profit companies out to deny them religious exercise.

The law already protects non-profit religious exercise in the non-profit corporate context, Rienzi argues, so relying upon whether religious protections, like speech protections in Citizens United, apply to corporate persons in general misses the mark.

Such a view of law would permit for - profit corporations to have the moral culpability of criminal convictions, take moral views on a slew of ethical concerns, and let corporations exercise other constitutional guarantees as persons while inexplicably siphoning off only for - profit corporations from religious protection.

Contains religious protections for religious organizations.

Greg Ball, one of the more hesitant undecideds who is pushing hard for aggressive religious protections, said not long ago: «There should definitely be a vote, up or down.

The bill still lacks many of the basic religious protections I thought were vital, and for this reason, and as I did in the Assembly, I will be voting «no.

Both Saland and Lanza have met with Cuomo to develop a chapter amendment to the bill for broader religious protections.

In a CNN interview, Ball said he did not think the bill went far enough in extending religious protections for «individuals and businesses with religious objections» to marriage equality for same - sex couples.

«We have staff people and members discussing with the governor religious protections.

Skelos worries a federal judge could strike down flimsy religious protections in the current proposal if a religious group, such as the Knights of Columbus, is sued for discrimination for refusing to provide its hall for a gay wedding.

Washington — The state of Missouri violated religious protections in the U.S. Constitution when it denied a church a grant to use shredded scrap - tire material to improve its preschool playground, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7 - 2 decision Monday.

«Knowing that marriage equality was likely to pass, I thought it important to force the issue of religious protections.

Although legislators had assured Catholic Charities that it would receive religious protection, the courts decided otherwise, finding Catholic Charities in violation of so - called non-discrimination laws regarding same - sex unions.

Saland, who also voted for the marriage law after providing input on religious protections in the measure, led Neil DiCarlo by only 42 votes in a race that will likely go to the more than 900 outstanding absentee ballots.

Obviously, the dynamic has changed now that there are 31 senators publicly supporting gay marriage, and several other Republican Senators openly speaking about the need for religious protections in the bill.

Last night state senator Andrew Lanza from Staten Island, a reported fence - sitter on the issue of marriage equality, told reporters, «We're close on language that I believe satisfactorily addresses» religious protections for groups who do not believe in gay nuptials.

I also believe in religious protections and Jehovah Witnesses do not believe in blood transfusions so no insurance should cover blood transfusions.

Churches are obvious candidates for these religious protections — and this is why the law often refers to a «church autonomy» doctrine.

In the ruling, Judge Andrew Goodman wrote that the agency violated the family's religious protections and ordered them to remove the fostering ban from their file: «Their constitutional rights of freedom of religion and freedom of expression have been infringed and must be remedied in a manner that is appropriate and just in the circumstances.

We don't want to scratch at the religious protections at all, because if we don't create a measure that's bulletproof, or as close to bulletproof as possible, then the measure will go to the courts.»

When those same «religious protections» begin to bleed over to ANY employer then I start to take exception.

Liberty argued that the ACA «violated the constitution's Commerce Clause by forcing large employers to provide health insurance to full - time workers and violated First Amendment religious protections by subsidizing abortions,» Reuters states.

The memo makes clear that religious protections are not just guaranteed to a narrow slice of groups, like churches, nonprofits, and organizations with solely religious work.

So far, we haven't seen any of the religious protections that have been discussed by the Republicans and the governor's office materialize into bill language.

Several on - the - fence senators — Greg Ball, Andrew Lanza — have said they would not be able to vote «yes» unless the religious protection issue is addressed.

In addition to voting for the law, Saland was instrumental in crafting the religious protections amendment that ultimately was included to the measure.

Unlike the other three GOP senators to vote for the same - sex marriage law, Saland was involved in the crafting of the measure itself, negotiating an amendment that carved out religious protections (one could argue that the protections weren't really needed in a realistic aspect, but it gave some protection to the GOP conference in allowing a vote to begin with).

Ball famously flirted with voting in favor of the same - sex marriage, attracting significant media attention, before announcing that the religious protections in the final product weren't good enough.

Senate Republicans have voiced concerns that the bill language is too vague when it comes to religious protections, and it is still unclear if they are going to bring it to a vote, or if there are enough votes to pass the bill.

You could have a judge come in and knock out all the religious protections,» Skelos said on Monday.

You could have a judge come in and knock out all the religious protections.»

The Assembly has already passed the measure and is standing by to pass of the religious protections sought by the Senate as a way of making New York the sixth and largest state to make same - sex marriages legal.

«We're working to protect the religious protections to make sure that they're solid and that they will stand.

«We're working to protect the religious protections so that they're solid and they will stand.

The problem is that acceptance of gay marriage doesn't override the religious protections afforded by paragaraph 2 (a) of the Charter) or the protection afforded to religious institutions such as TWU under the BC Human rights act.