Sentence examples for objections of conscience from inspiring English sources
He cited what he said was the "galling example" of the "shabby treatment of the Little Sisters of the Poor"; nuns, he suggested, had been punished because they "dared to voice objections of conscience to Obamacare".
"The most galling example is the galling treatment of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Christian charity that dares to voice objections of conscience to Obamacare," he said to wild applause.
"You could have an objection of conscience to anything the government wants you to do — pay taxes because they will go to war or to capital punishment, or having your picture on your driver's license," Mr. Marshall said.
And he said the administration already has struck a balance between making affordable contraceptives available and respecting "the conscience objections" of people and organizations opposing that.
But Ms. McQuade of the Catholic bishops' conference said any requirement for coverage of contraception could violate the "rights of conscience" of religious employers and others who had moral or religious objections to it.
They explained: "We are of the view that once a genuine and serious case of conscientious objection is established, the state is obliged to respect the individual's freedom of conscience".
Franklin asserted that the freedom of conscience provision of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guaranteed this form of conscientious objection.
The Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act, or H.B. 1523, gives Mississippi businesses and government employees with strong religious objections the right to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender customers.
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