Because the draft executive order gives religious minorities priority in refugee admissions, that may mean Christians in most countries in the Middle East will be favored over Muslims.
The governor, Frank L. O'Bannon, a Democrat, and the mayor of Indianapolis, Stephen Goldsmith, a Republican, made financing programs with religious organizations a priority when the initiative began.
John McCain took his campaign to Rochester, Mich., Wednesday and pledged to "prosecute sex traffickers, fight Internet child pornography and make religious freedom a priority in American diplomacy," thus appealing to the G.O.P.'s conservative, religious base, writes Elisabeth Bumiller of The Times.
Winton, who was not personally religious, saw his priority over the coming months as helping to get the children out rather than converting them, but he would subsequently brusquely ask rabbis who lobbied him whether they would prefer the children to be dead or alive.
While critics say neither Bush nor Obama made religious freedom a priority, Secretary Clinton's July 2012 speech on religious freedom has brought attention to the issue.
Until we make this a priority, we will likely continue to be seen by many as mean-spirited and immoral -- and we will be hypocritical for making the criticizing of the religious our top priority while failing to act on our values with the incredible frequency that religious people do.
I try to be really ruthless and sort of religious about what my priorities are and make sure that the way I spend my time matches with what I deem to be most important.
A sense of a school's priorities and religious leanings is given and admission requirements are listed.
Ner Israel's mission statement makes clear its priority is religious studies.
The report is an annual exercise to highlight the priority of religious freedom in American foreign policy.
