Examples of religious right in the following topics:
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- By the 1980s, the Religious Right made substantial gains in United State politics, as conservative Democrats were alienated by their Party's support for liberal social views.
- As Ronald Reagan campaigned for President in 1980, some of his strongest supporters were members of the Religious Right, including Christian groups like the Moral Majority, 61% of whom voted for him.
- Notable leaders and groups within the Religious Right are Robert Grant's advocacy group Christian Voice, Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, Ed McAteer's Religious Roundtable Council, James Dobson's Focus on the Family, and Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network.
- Under this leadership, the new Religious Right combines conservative politics with evangelical and fundamentalist teachings.
- One of the most well-known organizations of the Right is the Christian Coalition of America which was begun by religious broadcaster and political commentator Pat Robertson.
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- Religious discrimination is prejudicial treatment of a person or group differently based on their spiritual or religious beliefs (or lack thereof).
- In a 1979 consultation on the issue, the United States commission on civil rights defined religious discrimination in relation to the civil rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which deals with due process and equal fairness of all citizens under the law.
- According to the commission, religious discrimination occurs when someone is denied " the equal protection of the laws, equality of status under the law, equal treatment in the administration of justice, and equality of opportunity and access to employment, education, housing, public services and facilities, and public accommodation because of their exercise of their right to religious freedom. "
- Give an example of discrimination and reverse discrimination using examples of religious, gender, or racial prejudice
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- Women rate their religious beliefs as important more than do men, and they are more likely to report having had a religious or mystical experience...
- Even within the religions that do allow women equal rights and ordination, women experience discrimination.
- Further, archival research has revealed that opposition to the Civil Rights Movement - and especially the desegregation of schools - was one of the primary reasons (alongside lesbian/gay movements, women's rights movements, and abortion politics) for the rise of Evangelical movements like the Religious Right (in both politics and American society) in the 1970's and 1980's.
- Like income, educational attainment tends to vary by religious group.
- Those who make it through college with their religious beliefs intact tend to be more devout than those who do not attend college to begin with yet remain religious.
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- Freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right, established in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
- In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right , laid out in the Bill of Rights.
- It has been interpreted to forbid government endorsement of, or aid to, religious doctrines.
- This clause states that Congress cannot "prohibit the free exercise" of religious practices.
- This monument in Washington, DC honors the right to worship.
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- This is said to add to democracy by protecting the rights of religious minorities.
- When discussing institutions, secularization can refer to the transformation of an institution that had once been considered religious in character into something not thought of as religious.
- When discussing activities, secularization refers to the transfer of activities from institutions of a religious nature to others without that character.
- Because religion continues to be recognized in Western thought as a universal impulse, many religious practitioners have aimed to band together in interfaith dialogue, cooperation, and religious peace-building.
- When characterized as the rejection of religious belief, it includes atheism and secular humanism.
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- Deism played a major part in inspiring enlightenment philosophy and in the creation of the principle of religious freedom.
- Deism is a religious philosophy that holds that reason and observation of the natural world in a form other than organized religion can determine that the universe is the product of (an) intelligent creator(s).
- In the United States, Enlightenment philosophy (which itself was heavily inspired by Deist ideals) played a major role in creating the principle of religious freedom, which is expressed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- The principle of religious freedom, guaranteed in the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, was inspired partially by Deist ideas.
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- Freedom of religion is considered by many nations to be a fundamental human right.
- In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
- The United States formally considers religious freedom in its foreign relations.
- Many human rights organizations have urged the United States to be even more vigorous in imposing sanctions on countries that do not permit or tolerate religious freedom.
- Illustrate the principle of "religious freedom" in the United States to different scenarios
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- Critics have also argued that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is understood to incorporate only individual rights found in the Bill of Rights; the Establishment Clause, unlike the Free Exercise Clause (which critics readily concede protects individual rights), does not purport to protect individual rights.
- Lastly, are religious displays in public places allowed under the Establishment Clause?
- The inclusion of religious symbols in public holiday displays came before the Supreme Court in Lynch v.
- Kurtzman (1971), the Court created a three part test for laws dealing with religious establishment.
- This determined that a law related to religious practices was constitutional if it:
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- Religious cosmology explains the origin, history, and evolution of the universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition.
- Religious cosmology is a way of explaining the origin, the history, and the evolution of the cosmos or universe, based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition.
- Religious cosmologies usually include an act or process of creation by a creator deity or a larger pantheon.
- Although this section focuses on the religious cosmology of Buddhism and Judeo-Christianity, countless variations of religious cosmology exist, for both polytheistic and monotheistic traditions, as well as for pantheists.
- This Japanese scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma reads "(from up to low, left to right) "Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha".
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- Much of religious prehistory and the chronology of religious art history is subject to ongoing debates due to the nature of evidence.
- The timeline of religion, and religious art, is a chronological catalog of important and noteworthy religious events, including the worship of deities, from prehistoric to modern times.
- Much of religious prehistory and the chronology of religious art history is therefore subject to ongoing debates.
- 313 CE: The Edict of Milan decrees religious toleration in the Roman empire.
- 1791: Freedom of religion, enshrined in the Bill of Rights, is amended into the Constitution of the United States, forming an early and influential secular government.