Sentences with phrase «sincere religious conviction»

«Respect for sincere religious conviction has led voters and legislators in every State that has adopted same - sex marriage democratically to include accommodations for dissenting religious practice.»
His was a crusade which began in a sincere religious conviction.
The challenge for churches is to help channel teenagers» free - floating, often vague interest in spirituality into sincere religious conviction that grounds a life of faith.
It's unsurprising, then, that despite the critical adulation received by Ashgar Farhadi's new film, A Separation, its reviewers seem to have missed that the film is work of sincere religious conviction....

Not exact matches

Whether the masses are innocent is, of course, not a matter that can be documented, but I have observed in conversation with many spectators tenacious conviction that the Passion Play is (a) a great work of religious art or (b) the work of sincere peasant folk bent only on fulfilling an ancient vow.
The figure of the emperor was clearly one about which a variety of lively and sincere religious beliefs had grown, convictions that can hardly be dismissed as superficial.
I would be very curious to know how or why you believe my rather sarcastic use of the term «the religious» as a means of differentiating them from people of sincere faith (ANY sincere conviction btw — Not just Protestant) is «specious».
«It must be emphasized that religions, and those who adhere to religious doctrines, may continue to advocate with utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine precepts, same - sex marriage should not be condoned,» writes Kennedy in a paragraph that will likely become the focus of scrutiny by church - state experts.
There is so - oooo much fuzziness regarding what was actually decided: What constitutes a «closely held» corporation; how is a «sincere» religious belief determined, and by who; who speaks for the convictions of the corporation; and Obamacare aside, what if said religious belief calls for discrimination against blacks, gays and / or women?
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