Sentence examples for religious free exercise from inspiring English sources

The law, moreover, "places a statutory thumb on the side of religious free exercise in zoning cases".

Those seeking clarity for future claims of religious free exercise will not find it in Justice Ginsburg's haiku-like concurrence in this case.

So long as government agents are not compelling you to bow before it, pray to it, or put money in an offering box beside it, the Establishment Clause is not offended".Such an interpretation conflates the principle of non-establishment with that of religious free exercise protected in the next few words of the first amendment.

First, a nation must commit itself to protecting the greatest possible freedom of conscience that is compatible with public order and safety — a principle that the United States codifies in the First Amendment's disestablishment of religion and guarantee of religious free exercise.

This commitment entails that the space of religious free exercise must be ample, and that it must be equal for all, whether majority or minority.

Reconciling the federal constitutional guarantee of religious free exercise with the collective interests of civil society has long been a difficult problem for First Amendment jurisprudence.

In a country founded on a double-edged understanding of religious freedom -- free exercise and separation of church and state -- should the religion of an elected representative really matter?

Religious minorities care just as much, if not more, about individual religious liberty under the free exercise clause that the Supreme Court, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, has eviscerated over the past 15 years.

Many religious groups and others, including President Donald Trump, argue that denying disaster aid to houses of worship constitutes religious discrimination under the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.

If a religious believer can claim a free exercise right not to answer questions about his religious institution, including who leads it, government attempts to investigate wrongdoing by religious sects or institutions could be completely stymied.

Section 116 says: The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.