Quotes About Religious freedom

Our country is secular and Kerala is one state where it plays out at its best.

I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand, they have no constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work for them who don't share that belief.

We respect every religion. Everyone is free to practice his religion freely... In the Tunisian parliament, we have even Jews.

We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that?

The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want.

I am very against this love jihad law. I feel it's an unconstitutional law because in our country, in this democracy, we have the right... we are granted religious freedom. So, if you are saying that women can vote, then it follows naturally that women can also choose their own partners and women can choose their own fate.

I will be the first to admit that the sanctity of life and the preservation of religious freedom are not even among the top ten concerns of most voters. But those issues should be of primary importance to those who call themselves Christians.

I don't want to separate religion and state, I want to settle it.

I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest.

The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.

It is," TR said, "a base outrage to oppose a man because of his religion or birthplace, and all good citizens will hold any such effort in abhorrence.

Washington believed that every man was "accountable to God alone for his religious opinions" and "ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience.

Justice is never given it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.

When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

Saudi Arabia inflames the Sunni-Shiite divide and sets a pernicious example of intolerance by banning churches.

Christians are being persecuted, not just in the Middle East but here in this country.

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it.

As a nation, we must address the persecution of all religious minorities.

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.

Well-meaning Americans in the name of freedom have taken freedom away. For the sake of religious tolerance, they've forbidden religious practice.

There shall be no compulsion in religion.

The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed unanimously in the House, won 97 votes in the Senate, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Twenty states have passed their own versions of this law, and 11 additional ones have religious-liberty protections that state courts have interpreted to provide a similar level of protection.