Generally available benefits should not be withheld from employees to satisfy the religious beliefs of their employers. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, although decided on narrow grounds was incorrect in allowing a public accommodation to pick and choose its customers....
In addition, a belief does not need to be stated in traditional terms to fall within First Amendment protection. For example, Scientology—a system of beliefs that a human being is essentially a free and immortal spirit who merely inhabits a body—does not propound the existence of a supreme...
RALEIGH, N.C.-- A measure allowing some court officials to refuse to performgay marriageresponsibilities because of their religious beliefs became law in North Carolina on Thursday, with the state House voting to override the governor's veto of the bill.The Senate had voted to do the same wi...
‘conversion ideology’ as overt spoken beliefs/teachings, and the underlying culture of a particular community of people that sees LGBTQA + identity as somehow ‘broken’ or ‘sinful’, and in need of ‘fixing’ or suppression to achieve heterosexual reproductive marriage and gender normativity...
for a variety of reasons. this can be insufficient information to determine whether the religious beliefs are sincerely held, unsafe practices, previous criminal convictions, and the ability to control the diversion of the drug. stakeholders the goa report said that the stakeholders it int...
This article illustrates the reasons for this growing tension between the beliefs of business owners and the beliefs of their employees. It explores recent conflicts between religion and rights in the workplace particularly in the context of LGBTQ rights, the ways in which state-level regulation ...
According to the Public Religion Research Institute’sAmerican Values Survey, which provides insight into the beliefs of most of the nation’s faith groups, nearly three in four Americans (74%) say things in this country are going in the wrong direction, and 49% say things were better in th...
Even though the religious nature of a belief may not be an appropriate topic for inquiry, it is appropriate and necessary to differentiate between beliefs that are sincerely held as a matter of faith and those that are animated by a motive of fraud or deception. ...
The legal systems of some countries predict legal vaccination exemptions. One of the most usual reasons for exemption are medical reasons, followed by the religious, social, and philosophical reasons (personal belief, conscience objection). 展开 ...
“The IRS states in an official letter that Biblical values are exclusively Republican. That might be news to President Joe Biden, who is often described as basing his political ideology on his religious beliefs,” First Liberty Institute counsel Lea Patterson said in the statement.Click hereto co...