Sentences with phrase «whether religious protections»

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As a world leader for freedom and the protection of basic human rights, the United States should take every opportunity to advocate for people — including Americans here at home — to think, believe, and act according to their religious belief whether they belong to a minority or majority religion in their nation.»

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.

While it can never be fair to will that members of a disfavored class - whether the unborn, the disabled, or members of some racial or religious minority group - be excluded from legal protections one wills for oneself and those dear to one, a legislator or voter is personally responsible for no unfairness to the victims of an objectively unjust law where he supports that law precisely, and only, because the alternative is even less protective of its victims.

While most of the attention on the Supreme Court's HHS mandate cases has properly centered on whether the Court will interpret the protections of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to include corporations as well as individuals, an even more malignant threat....

What exactly does that have to do with the debate over whether their religious beliefs have Consti - tutional protection?

The far - reaching question underlying the case is whether state constitutional provisions that strictly bar government aid to religion violate religious freedom protections in the First Amendment.

Tim Nicholson entitled to protection for his beliefs, and his claim over dismissal will now be heard by a tribunal..................... In his written judgment, Mr Justice Burton outlined five tests to determine whether a philosophical belief could come under employment regulations on religious discrimination http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/03/tim-nicholson-climate-change-belief

The majority seven judges of the court made clear that it makes no difference to the protection given under section 2 (a) whether religious beliefs are ancient, «traditional» beliefs, or new, modern beliefs.