Sentences with phrase «with human liberty»

These are only available provisions we feel are in keeping with human liberty and rights.

Not exact matches

The Secretary of State should rally corporate America and multinational companies to consider religious liberty along with other human rights concerns when companies decide where to invest.

To other Bloomington residents, the sexual preference amendment signaled a victory for human justice and civil liberties in keeping with the spirit of American democracy.

Liberals generally are for the killing of babies and other horendous ideas that war against the sanctity and liberty of human beings... Giving men with this kind of a world view «equal time» isn't what I think God desires.

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation — We hold these truths to be self - evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I can not tamper with the data as regards divine sovereignty and human freedom just because it would be easier if one were at liberty to do so.

It will insist that any version of Christian faith that does not grapple with war and peace, human equality, hunger, civil liberties, the hard decisions posed by medical technology, and a host of other social challenges is not a version of faith worth the time of either pulpit or pew.

Though both the conception of human liberty and the virtues necessary to its true exercise sprang from biblical teachings, the framers were careful not to endow biblical religion, or any religion, with state power.

Consequently, the world that was meant to be a great human family «with liberty and justice for all» is the scene not only of injustice, tyranny, and heartache, but of bitter strife that may engulf us all.

The American novus ordo, with its revolutionary form of social life — the voluntary association — demonstrates that ordered liberty and human rights are products of social arrangements that give primacy to both persons and communities.

Alone among the religions of the world, Judaism and Christianity place so high a valuation upon religious liberty because of their own doctrine that the relation God seeks with humans is friendship.

This is not to say that we can not come to impassioned, principled positions about how to vote, particularly when dealing with issues as important as sexual assault, bigotry, racism, responsible foreign policy, religious liberty, and the dignity of human life at every stage in its development.

Reno develops several lines of argument against the view that respect for human dignity is consistent with, let alone requires, that liberty be understood as the individual's projection of the self onto the universe.

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If it is true that, bound by the collective interaction of its liberties, the human social group can not escape from certain irreversible laws of evolution, does this mean that, observed along its axis of «greatest complexity» (i.e. increasing liberty) the World is coiling upon itself with as much sureness as it is in other respects radiating outwards and explosively expanding?

To the extent that we are committed to the ideal of a secular society free of ecclesiastical influence and governed by toleration, liberty, and a conception of civic virtue; and insofar as we think of true religious piety as consisting in treating other human beings with dignity and respect, and regard the Bible simply as a profound work of human literature with a universal moral message, we are the heirs of Spinoza's scandalous treatise.

Modernity is represented by three forces - first, the revolution in the relation of humanity to nature, signified by science and technology; second, the revolutionary changes in the concept of justice in the social relations between fellow human beings indicated by the self - awakening of all oppressed and suppressed humans to their fundamental human rights of personhood and peoplehood, especially to the values of liberty and equality of participation in power and society; thirdly, the break - up of the traditional integration of state and society with religion, in response to religious pluralism on the one hand and the affirmation of the autonomy of the secular realm from the control of religion on the other».

If our political leaders come to accept Ignatieff's narrowly individualistic view, then the traditional North American understanding of religious liberty can not easily coexist with human rights conceived in so expansive a sense.

As Orthodox theologian Vladimir Lossky observes, the Eastern Church regards choice as the mark not of freedom but of fallenness, as a debasement of true liberty, as a loss of the divine likeness: «Our nature being overclouded with sin no longer knows its true good... and so the human person is always faced with the necessity of choice; it goes forward gropingly.»

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prospehuman rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prospeHuman Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

We have begun to build a Ghana that is able to look after its people through intelligent management of the resources with which it has been endowed by the Creator; a Ghana which is governed according to the rule of law, respect for individual liberties and human rights, and the principles of democratic accountability.

[27] Although Davis is a staunch Eurosceptic and has criticised the record of the European Court of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.

«It's important that we re-inspire people with our values - fairness, liberty and democracy and protecting human rights... We need to bind together the New Labour voters and the traditional voters.

Moreover, one of the country's Independent Human Rights Commissioners — charged with safeguarding civil liberties — has called for the EVAW Law to be repealed and the Ministry of Justice helped draft proposals to reintroduce public execution by stoning for the crime of adultery.

His obvious flaws make him human, adding to the movie's feel of realism (despite the liberties it takes with the facts).

These conventions help in regulating companies with respect to various aspects of the human rights, such as non-discrimination; women's rights; life, liberty and physical integrity of the person; civic freedoms; employee's rights; child labour; slavery, forced and bonded labour; economic, social and cultural rights; and voluntarism and market forces (Beyond Voluntarism 7 - 34).

How could the Founders, so sublimely devoted to human liberty, have lived with — some participating in — human slavery?

Peppering his canvases with hidden references, ranging from Old Master painting to Pop Culture, Stegner takes great expressive liberties with the human form by combining opposite signifiers of gender and strength.

It seems that a lot of scientists think that humans are A cause of global warming and the graphic takes a huge liberty with meaning by saying humans are THE cause.

The Orwellian provisions proposed by ACTA of mandatory network - level filtering by ISPs will have a considerable impact upon the civil liberties of individuals and may well be incompatible with human rights legislation.

As an organization devoted to civil liberties and human rights, the CCLA endorses the Women's March and stands in solidarity with women's rights activists in the United States and around the world to send a loud and clear message: Human rights must be respected, discrimination will not be tolerhuman rights, the CCLA endorses the Women's March and stands in solidarity with women's rights activists in the United States and around the world to send a loud and clear message: Human rights must be respected, discrimination will not be tolerHuman rights must be respected, discrimination will not be tolerated.

In Washington state, there is no crime of «sexual assault», instead, there are specific crimes like rape (3 degrees), rape of child (3 degrees), child molestation (3 degrees), sexual misconduct with minor (2 degrees), indecent liberties, sexually violating human remains and voyeurism.

She has been involved with a range of human rights and civil liberties NGOs, such as the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre (where she was the first ED) and the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association.

Coptic Solidarity welcomes the new administration's desire to partner with Egypt to defeat terrorism, but strongly urges it to simultaneously raise and demand radical improvement in areas of human rights, individual liberties and civil society with the Egyptian government.

Clearly this raises compatibility issues with Art 5 (right to liberty) of the European Convention on Human Rights which creates a presumption against detention.

In October, CCLA joined with nine other domestic civil liberties and human rights organizations from around the world to release a report, «Take back the streets»: Repression and criminalization of protest around the world.

This is radically and fundamentally inconsistent with the societal values of human dignity and liberty which we espouse, and is directly contrary to the presumption of innocence enshrined in s. 11 (d).

The investigatory powers under Pt 8 are a serious interference with a subject's human rights but they are a lesser interference with liberty than the power of arrest, a power that is often exercised by a constable on the spot without reference to a judge.

The human right in Cheshire West being the right of a person of «unsound mind» not to «be deprived of his liberty save in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law» under Art 5 of the Convention.

... [O] urs is a useful trade, a worthy calling; that with all its lightness and frivolity it has one serious purpose, one aim, one specialty, and it is constant to it — the deriding of shams, the exposure of pretentious falsities, the laughing of stupid superstitions out of existence; and that whoso is by instinct engaged in this sort of warfare is the natural enemy of royalties, nobilities, privileges and all kindred swindles, and the natural friend of human rights and human liberties.

In this regard she also works with community based organizations that are committed to the protection of human rights and civil liberties.

I quote from her website... She's a lawyer licensed in New York, New Jersey, and California... She graduated from Boston University School of Law with a JD and holds a BA from UC Berkeley... She also studied for a semester at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany... Her interests include high tech civil liberties, intellectual property, international law and human rights.

Actions aimed at the incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity, abasement of human dignity, and also propaganda of the exceptionality, superiority, or inferiority of individuals by reason of their attitude to religion, national, or racial affiliation, if these acts have been committed in public or with the use of mass media, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 500 to 800 minimum wages, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of five to eight months, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of two to four years.

A 2011 investigation by Amnesty International found conditions in Arizona highest security maximum custody facilities potentially violated Article 10 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which states that «all persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.»

This is truth, this is the reality of CAIR, who stands before the court and demands that we «by our own hands» provide them with all the protections and liberties afforded an organization or individual who wishes to be a part of a democratic country yet have utterly no intention of abiding, now or at any time in the future, by the dictates of a lawful, democratic society which values and holds sacred, human rights, freedom, rule of law, women's rights, gay rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and many other freedoms.

Armed with the support of human rights and civil liberties organizations, Google is at the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday to appeal a ruling it says poses a threat to freedom of expression and access to information both in Canada and around the world.

The Conference will open with a Friday night reception at the office of BitPay, Inc., one of the lead Bitcoin payment processing companies, where guests will hear from musician Tatiana Moroz who as a guitarist and songwriter sings about human liberty.

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