Examples of religious right in the following topics:
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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's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.
- They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favor of men and boys.
- Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the rights to: bodily integrity and autonomy; vote (suffrage); hold public office; work; fair wages or equal pay; own property; be educated; serve in the military or be conscripted; enter into legal contracts; and to have marital, parental, and religious rights.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, advocates "the equal rights of men and women," and addresses issues of equality.
- Described as an international bill of rights for women, it went into effect on September 3, 1981.
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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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- 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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- These acts are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).
- It has been practiced by right-wing and left-wing political parties, nationalistic groups, religious groups, revolutionaries, and ruling governments.
- Religious terrorism is performed by groups or individuals, the motivation of which is typically rooted in faith-based tenets.
- Terrorist acts throughout the centuries have been performed on religious grounds with the hope to either spread or enforce a system of belief, viewpoint or opinion.
- Religious terrorism does not in itself necessarily define a specific religious standpoint or view, but instead usually defines an individual or group interpretation of that belief system's teachings.
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- This distinction makes sense when we think about western religious traditions where, for example, the Torah and Bible are considered holy books treated with reverence and respect.
- The reverence afforded to the U.S. constitution, cars, shoes and former presidents clearly constitutes the sacred and thus religious, though the vast majority of U.S. religious practitioners would disagree that they are members of multiple faith traditions.
- If we want to examine the difference between collective and individual interests, Durkheim's distinction steers us in the right direction .
- Many branches of scientific investigation, for instance, would be considered religious, and even atheism would fit into the frame of attempting to answer existential questions.
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- Religious pluralism is the belief that one can overcome religious differences between different religions and denominational conflicts within the same religion.
- For most religious traditions, religious pluralism is essentially based on a non-literal view of one's religious traditions, allowing for respect to be engendered between different traditions on core principles rather than more marginal issues.
- Freedom of religion is when different religions of a particular region possess the same rights of worship and public expression.
- Freedom of religion is consequently weakened when one religion is given rights or privileges denied to others, as in certain European countries where Roman Catholicism or regional forms of Protestantism have special status.
- Studies have found that fear is a factor in religious conversion.
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- Muslims comprise less than two percent of the American population, but they account for approximately one quarter of the religious discrimination.
- Approximately half (50%) of the religious affiliations of Muslims is Sunni, 16% Shia, 22% non-affiliated and, 16% other/non-response.
- However, since 9/11, the two groups joined together when the immigrant communities looked towards the African Americans for advice on civil rights.
- Many of the religious stories told in these religions share a similar thread, although certain details or the order of the story may be slightly different, depending upon the religious text it comes from.
- Also, these religious all believe in an afterlife, promoting good behaviors and adherence to religious doctrine in order to ensure entrance to this revered place.
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- As the figure to the right illustrates, the probability of a first marriage ending is substantially higher for couples that live in poorer communities.
- Among the rights distinguishing serfdom from slavery was the right to enter a legally recognizable heterosexual marriage.
- In many jurisdictions, the civil marriage ceremony may take place during the religious marriage ceremony, although they are theoretically distinct.
- In most American states, the marriage may be officiated by a priest, minister, rabbi or other religious authority, and in such a case the religious authority acts simultaneously as an agent of the state.
- Conversely, there are people who have religious ceremonies that are not recognized by civil authorities.
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- Indeed the United States is quite religiously diverse.
- After Christianity and no-religion, Judaism is the third-largest religious affiliation in the United States, though this identification is not necessarily indicative of religious beliefs or practices.
- Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.
- Religious pluralism is sometimes used as a synonym for interfaith dialogue.
- Religious symbols represented in this picture reflect the religious diversity in the United States.