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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Religious exemptions"”.
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Religious exemptions from employment discrimination laws: A moral and theological analysis
… Act, as amended, includes an exemption for religious organizations from its prohibitions against employment discrimination on the basis of religion, and the federal courts have imputed an additional exemption with respect to "ministerial" employees on the basis of First Amendment …
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Originalism & Judicially-Enacted Religious Exemptions: Revisiting <em>Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith</em>
… Exercise Clause to mean that, in certain cases, religious believers should be exempted from otherwise applicable laws. In 1990, the Supreme Court essentially overturned that framework in the case Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith . The Smith case has proved quite controversial, and numerous …
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A Social Psychological Window into How Americans Think About First Amendment Religious Exemption Requests
… beliefs rise to the standard of a sincerely held religious belief and deserve First Amendment protection? We answer this question in four studies. Study 1a (N = 99) and Study 1b (N = 151) suggest that Americans across the ideological spectrum hold schemas associating conservative (but not liberal) …
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Government Funding and Regulation of a Texas Voucher Program
… all categories were open admissions and student religious exemptions. In the areas of testing, curriculum, and teacher qualifications, private schools were much more willing to participate if they were allowed to utilize their own practices than if required to follow regulations required of Texas …
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Ayahuasca’s Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery
… South America, during the twentieth century new religious movements in Brazil began employing the mixture as religious sacrament. Additionally, various centers for ayahuasca “healing” have emerged both inside and outside of the Amazon Rainforest, frequently with the aim of helping people addicted …