Sentences with phrase «right activities a leader»

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«It excludes the right to raise your children in your faith; the right to have religious literature; the right to meet with co-religionists; the right to raise funds; the right to appoint or elect your religious leaders, and to carry out charitable activities, to evangelize, [and] to have religious education or seminary training,» said Shea, who previously served on the Commission.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In fact, if Christian witness in public life is the goal, this teaching ministry is to be preferred to the clerical leaders of the church controlling the decisions and activities of their lay members by communal dictate which is usually based on communal minority self - interests and rights and not on concern for the total neighbourhood.

His constituents have a right to know what activities the Office of the Majority Leader engaged in and performed.

«Through WIT activities, including training courses like this and events such as Visitors» Week and the BGRI workshop,» Acevedo added, «you'll gain essential knowledge and skills but you'll also learn leadership and the personal confidence to speak out, as well as the ability to interact one - on - one with leaders in your field and to ask the right questions.»

In order to implement effective PD, school leaders need to plan ahead to build in the right amount of time for activities.

With 30 + events — ranging from an onsite conversation with Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, to a Forum on civil rights and criminal justice with local politicians, NGOs and community leaders — MANIFEST: JUSTICE will host substantive, creative and engaging activities each day.

In that world, world leaders, or their special representatives, and various climate scientists would be convening right now to discuss and respond to this latest evidence that human activity is altering the climate system in a way which is detrimental to and probably disastrous for all life on Earth, including human life.

Making her second appearance on the Top 25 Most Influential list, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart continues in her role as a world leader in ensuring individuals» rights are protected in the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by an organization in the course of commercial activity.

Right now, 1 in 3 children and adolescents will grow - up without a mentor of any kind, yet we know that young people who have a mentor are much more likely to participate in after - school activities, be leaders in clubs and teams, volunteer and go on to college.

True leaders do not evolve from good times; they emerge as the result of a deep down urge to stand up, be counted, and to effectively, physically, engage in activities designed to right wrongs.