And though current law is fond of imposing hierarchies that privilege religion over other varieties of personal expressions, a decision in favor of Holt/Muhammad means that he (and other prisoners) can have a beard if its impetus is religious, but not if it is based on emotional or aesthetic or cultural values – even if it is the same beard.
The original impetus for religious freedom laws had nothing whatsoever to do with same-sex marriage.
But there's also a "larger fight" beyond same-sex marriage for LGBT people who aren't married, and Signorile explained that to now ignore Indiana in the fight for equality would be to also disregard the state's discriminatory impetus for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The main impetus behind the law is religious violence – an ongoing problem in India that can be inflamed by hate-filled postings.
Thus, rather than retreat into the desert to await the final day as other Jewish apocalyptic groups had done in their disappointment, the disciples of Jesus, especially under the impetus provided by Paul, translated their religious beliefs into a universal message.
Hick's work since the early 1980's provided an impetus for not taking what appears to be religious conflict as outright contradictions.
Nonetheless, in Iraq there is little doubt that the impetus for these changes comes largely from the Shiite religious authorities.
The printing of Romanian religious books continued in the 17th century and was given new impetus in Transylvania, Walachia, and Moldavia by the controversy resulting from the Protestant Reformation.
In Roman Catholicism, the formative period of religious dress was over before the Reformation, and Reformation influence was indirect via the impetus supplied by the Counter-Reformation, which made Baroque its official art style.
Second, one need not be religious or pious to be altruistic, though some people need religion to provide an impetus.
