Freedom of religionReligion has become a charged token in a politics of division. In disputes about faith-based social services, public money for religious schools, the Pledge of Allegiance, Ten Commandments monuments, the theory of evolution, and many other topics, angry contestation threatens to ...
Freedom of religionBalancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should...
No one may make use of religion to engage in activities that disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the educational system of the State. Religious bodies and religious affairs are not subject to any foreign control, according to the Constitution. Freedom of religiou...
vouchersforreligiousschools,religioninscienceclass,andmuchmore.Beginningwithacarefullypreparedhistoricaloverview,whichplacesthefirstamendmentinthecontextof18th-centurydebatesoverreligiousfreedom,RobertAlleyoffersafreshanalysisoftheamendment'sorigins.Hethenpresentsfiftyrecentandhistoricalcaseswithouteditorialcomment,permitting...
and social development; foster a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation; and ensure that all ethnic groups work together for common development and prosperity. The Party shall fully implement its basic policy on relig...
Bill of Rights- a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) Fourteenth Amendment- an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well...
freedom of religion, he devotes a chapter to each of the main controversies encountered by judges and lawmakers. Sensitive to each case's context in judging whether special treatment of religious claims is justified, Greenawalt argues that the state's treatment of religion cannot be reduced to a...
The Party shall fully implement its basic policy on religion, and encourage religious believers to contribute to economic and social development. The Communist Party of China shall urge all workers, farmers, and intellectuals, and all other political parties, persons without party affiliation, and ...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. NOTE: For extensive...