Sentences with phrase «religious rights of their citizens»

«But we feel that this rule is unfair, uncalled for, and in violation of the religious rights of citizens.

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What the Haredi have done is simple, even admirable: they've attempted to find a way to integrate modern practices with their religious ideals, which we ought to, as citizens of a nation which values religious freedom and upholds the right to practice, respect, not bemoan.

Those whom I have communicated with, were they elected to the high offices of the land, would first move to rob their fellow citizens of their right to religious freedom leaving only those who are atheist or agnostic free to worship their god..

Indeed, religious freedom may be understood as the inclusive constitutional right of democratic citizens, in the sense that all other constitutional rights are conditions of it.

For example, even though the liberal state has no right to require its citizens who are Christians to accept Locke's proposition that toleration and a respect for religious freedom are the marks of the correct understanding of the Gospels, it has every reason to hope that they do, and perhaps to do more than hope — to educate and persuade, if not to coerce.

Greenawalt concedes that citizens of a secular liberal state have a legal right to vote their religious convictions, but he is more concerned with when and whether they ought to exercise self - restraint in the interests of good citizenship.

The Council insisted that even where some one religion is established by law, «the right of all citizens and religious communities to religious freedom must at the same time be recognized and upheld.»

«A decision to impose the death penalty would further demonstrate the Iranian authorities» utter disregard for religious freedom, and highlight Iran's continuing violation of the universal rights of its citizens,» the White House statement said.

Doctrine and Covenants 134:7 7 We believe that rulers, states, and governments have a right, and are bound to enact laws for the protection of all citizens in the free exercise of their religious belief; but we do not believe that they have a right in justice to deprive citizens of this privilege, or proscribe them in their opinions, so long as a regard and reverence are shown to the laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy.

Doctrine and Covenants 134:9 9 We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied.

If the point of religion is to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one religion is better than another or that a «religion-less» person who STILL acts the SAME way (i.e. does right unto their neighbors, lives according to the thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?

The series leaves it to the viewer to decide whether «the religious right» is a frightening invasion of the aliens or an instance of citizens seeking redress of just grievances and, along the way, rejuvenating the American democratic experiment.

«It must also confront the problem of religious intolerance in the country and ensure that all citizens have their rights to freedom of religions or belief upheld, regardless of their religious affiliation.»

Religious nutters have no right to try and withhold civil rights from a group of US citizens just because the nutters choose to be ignorant about the science of sèxual orientation.

They but into my medical decisions, other peoples religious rights; tell you who you can marry, want to rewrite who is eligible to be a citizen; and are calling for warentless arrests and detention of people.

The declaration highlighted that, despite the Russian Constitution guaranteeing every citizen the right to freedom of religion or belief, Russian authorities «continue to foster an atmosphere of intolerance, discrimination and persecution against religious minorities throughout the entire Federation».

I don't like it when a politican thinks they have the right to force their religious beliefs on all of the citizen in their district, city, state, or country.

Of all of those names, only Rick Perry scares the heck out of me, as a threat to my religious rights (I am a Catholic who, unlike some extreme right Catholics, looks upon the fundamentalist movement as a threat to the way I worship) as well as a citizeOf all of those names, only Rick Perry scares the heck out of me, as a threat to my religious rights (I am a Catholic who, unlike some extreme right Catholics, looks upon the fundamentalist movement as a threat to the way I worship) as well as a citizeof those names, only Rick Perry scares the heck out of me, as a threat to my religious rights (I am a Catholic who, unlike some extreme right Catholics, looks upon the fundamentalist movement as a threat to the way I worship) as well as a citizeof me, as a threat to my religious rights (I am a Catholic who, unlike some extreme right Catholics, looks upon the fundamentalist movement as a threat to the way I worship) as well as a citizen.

Think of all the atheist that have died protecting your rights as a US citizen, even the freedom of religion, yet now they want to use the right for freedom of speech or press, religious fanatics are claiming Atheist don't have the right

Then, in words which call on the central motifs of the civil religious tradition, Reston thanked the Charlottesville citizen committee for suggesting «that a responsible society must have a common center to which the loyalty and trust of the people are bound, and that these fundamentals must be defined and discussed among the people and put right before the bicentennial of the Declaration in 1976.»

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

Becky, those of us who believe that «it is for freedom that Christ has set us free» would defend the right of religious institutions to refuse to marry same - sex couples as passionately as we defend the right of same - sex couples, as equal citizens, to have their spousal committments recognized by the secular State.

They consider the constitutional right of religious freedom given to all citizens under the Secular State as guaranteeing all religious communities the right to follow their traditional «personal» law regulating family and community relations which are sanctioned by religion.

It withdraws protection from the weak and vulnerable, allowing the strong to define the status and rights of the weak; it privatizes matters which, in any legitimate political order, must be public in nature; it sets innumerable roadblocks to the rectification of the problem through mutual deliberation of citizens in legislative assemblies; and it has made what used to be its most loyal citizens — religious believers — enemies of the common good whenever their convictions touch upon public things.

To whatever degree «atheists» were involved, they were absolutely right to do so - as loyal citizens of the US concerned for the equity and welfare of ALL, not just the religious beliefs of some.

During that phone conversation, my wife was informed that because of that video, where we were expressing, as U.S. citizens, our religious beliefs and our Constitutional right to assemble, the Comptroller was rescinding his job offer, and that she should not report to work.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has invited citizens to submit short papers (six to eight pages) toward a dialogue on human rights, specifically relating to religious belief and practice as shaped by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and FreRights Commission (OHRC) has invited citizens to submit short papers (six to eight pages) toward a dialogue on human rights, specifically relating to religious belief and practice as shaped by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Frerights, specifically relating to religious belief and practice as shaped by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and FreRights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and FreRights and Freedoms.

Whereas it is right to say that all racial distinctions are arbitrary and should not impede access to what is normally available to the citizen, freedom of religious belief and expression is also a human right.

This Charter of Values would not stop Quebec citizens from whatever culture from expressing or practicing their religious beliefs or doctrine, nor would it threaten individual rights and freedoms.

Fortunately, the Charter's guarantee of freedom of religion is eminently capable of accommodating the religious rights of Aboriginal citizens.