#religiousequality
Photo
In our first Humanity Project post of 2023, we want to offer an unusual perspective on the tragic events at last night's NFL game. You probably know that a 24 year-old Buffalo Bills player, Damar Hamlin, suffered cardiac arrest… and sadly is in critical condition this morning. But what struck us as hopeful was the reaction of teammates and players on the opposing team… And the NFL itself. And it suggests to us that society as a whole is gaining new levels of humanity, of caring and compassion. Longtime NFL enthusiasts may understand that, not so many years ago, the reaction would have been very different. There was a sense that one team was at war with the other… Injuries were ignored, or regarded with a macho attitude. "Yeah, whatever… Let's get on with the game!" We would suggest that even a life-threatening injury such as happened last night would have been seen in a much different way by players and fans even just 20 years ago. That so many players and coaches and NFL administrators (and yes, fans) reacted with compassion and grief… To us that is a hopeful ray of light within this tragic episode in American sports. Something to reflect on, perhaps, as the new year begins. And of course we send our thoughts and hopes for a full recovery to Mr. Hamlin and his family. #nfl #TheHumanityProject #humanity #respect #equality #EqualityForEachRespectForAll #racialequality #lgbtqequality #genderequality #religiousequality #betterworld #humanity #weneedmorehumanity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9OITbupha/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#nfl#thehumanityproject#humanity#respect#equality#equalityforeachrespectforall#racialequality#lgbtqequality#genderequality#religiousequality#betterworld#weneedmorehumanity
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
youtube
Growing up Christian in Cairo can be a unique experience, as Egypt is a predominantly Muslim country. However, Egypt is also home to a significant Christian minority, particularly in the capital city of Cairo.
Christians in Cairo often attend church services in Coptic Orthodox churches, which are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt. These churches are known for their distinctive architecture, including domes and steeples, and their rich history and traditions. Many Coptic Orthodox churches also offer Sunday school classes and youth groups for young people to learn more about their faith.
#feministmovement#NoReligiousDiscrimination#ReligiousEquality#ReligiousFreedom#ReligiousTolerance#RespectReligion#EndDiscrimination#SayNoToReligionDiscrimination#Youtube
0 notes
Link
Lina grew up a minority Christian in Cairo, Egypt. Frustrated with the sexist society around her, she moved to Canada in her 20s. Here she discovered that, in the name of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, people in the West fail to realize that within every cultural community, there are some unique minds and souls that think differently, and they deserve an equal opportunity to be heard and to express their views. In order to try and correct this egregious wrong, she published a book called "Liberation – Secrets of the Soul,” it is a collection of short stories, revealing existential moments in the lives of ordinary women, from a variety of cultural backgrounds, as they journey to self-fulfillment.
0 notes
Photo
Some of the beautiful colorful people of the day at the Equality Rally for Unity & Pride!!!#pridemonth #equalityrallyftl #southfloridaphotographer #lgbt #unityandpride #pulsenightclubremembrance #gayftlauderdale #🌈 #vizziphoto #religiousequality #racialequality #disabledequality #equalityforall #honorthemwithaction #iamjazz #flyyourflag #michaelapaige #ghazalasalam #sistersofperpetualindulgencesouthflorida #vizziphoto www.vizziphoto.com/events (at Huizenga Plaza)
#unityandpride#michaelapaige#religiousequality#equalityrallyftl#southfloridaphotographer#equalityforall#honorthemwithaction#racialequality#sistersofperpetualindulgencesouthflorida#pulsenightclubremembrance#ghazalasalam#flyyourflag#disabledequality#lgbt#gayftlauderdale#pridemonth#vizziphoto#🌈#iamjazz
0 notes
Photo
If current events are getting under your skin, #StealThisCountry will help you do something about it. A guidebook for young activists, it covers lots of topics with advice on how to use tools already at your disposal to raise awareness and effect change!🗣 #booksonthet #bbf2018 . . . #activism #teens #lgbtq #womensrights #religiousequality #racism #stopracism #lgbtqrights #transrights #climatechange #stopclimatechange #blueplanet #socialactivism #vote #sharingbooks #bookstagram #instabooks #booksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoOyrsslqBc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fdjmr9a6hwvs
#stealthiscountry#booksonthet#bbf2018#activism#teens#lgbtq#womensrights#religiousequality#racism#stopracism#lgbtqrights#transrights#climatechange#stopclimatechange#blueplanet#socialactivism#vote#sharingbooks#bookstagram#instabooks#booksofinstagram
0 notes
Photo
Been holding back on some doodles I made for PRIDE 🏳️🌈 that I just can’t keep from you humans ANY LONGER!! . . . Really excited to collaborate with femspiration Roshini and her upcoming Revolution Magazine here in India! . . . The issue of equality and INCLUSION are core principles for me humans. . . . In Indonesia and India there are still many restrictions and stigmas placed on my LGBTQ friends. I am your ally. I stand with you. I see you. I support you. . . . I am proud to be an ally to all LGBTQ people. . . . My greatest hope as an ally is that the energy and love spent celebrating our LGBTQ friends in the United States will transcend the consumerist party and garner support for other groups that are excluded- LGBTQ friends in other countries, women, refugees, and people of color specifically come to mind. . . . As I once posted on an online dating profile “If you don’t believe we’re all in this together, we won’t get very far.” . . . Day 1115 . . . #pride #pridemonth #equality #inclusive #inclusion #inclusiveness #representationmatter #everyonematters #weallmatter #genderequality #racialequality #religiousequality #youareloved #celebrate #freedomforall #freetolove #revolutionmagazine #acceptance #hope #hopeful #wecandobetter #intersectionality #furthertogether #supporteachother #ally #lgbtqally (at San Francisco, California)
#pridemonth#everyonematters#genderequality#furthertogether#inclusion#hope#celebrate#ally#equality#inclusiveness#intersectionality#freetolove#revolutionmagazine#pride#inclusive#lgbtqally#acceptance#freedomforall#religiousequality#hopeful#youareloved#weallmatter#wecandobetter#supporteachother#racialequality#representationmatter
0 notes
Photo
Since posting this @rupaulofficial @madonna mashup using the hashtag 'American' I've been steadily gaining blatant right wing homophobic trump supporting followers?? Don't get me wrong new followers are great but considering the values of the source material & my posts it's fair to say we are not on the same page or hold the same values and I'm embarrassed if they thought we did! #jogon #byefelicia #noh8 #equality #pride #nobigotry #nosexism #nohomophobia #noageism #religiousequality #american #americanlife #madonna #rupaul
#noh8#noageism#american#religiousequality#americanlife#nohomophobia#rupaul#equality#byefelicia#nobigotry#pride#madonna#jogon#nosexism
0 notes
Photo
I'm not a satanist, but what if I was? #religiousequality
0 notes
Text
[Eugene Volokh] Discrimination Against Religion
Three Justices opine.
Today's statement of Justice Kavanaugh, joined by Justices Alito and Gorsuch, respecting the denial of certiorari in Morris County Bd. of Chosen Freeholders v. Freedom from Religion Found.:
Morris County, New Jersey, distributes historic preservation funds to help preserve local buildings such as libraries, schoolhouses, performing arts centers, and museums. As part of that program, Morris County also distributes funds to help preserve religious buildings such as synagogues, temples, churches, and mosques. But it turns out that New Jersey law, as recently interpreted by the New Jersey Supreme Court, prohibits Morris County from awarding grants to preserve religious buildings.
The petitioners here argue that the State's exclusion of religious buildings—because they are religious—from Morris County's historic preservation program constitutes unconstitutional discrimination against religion in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The New Jersey Supreme Court concluded that the State's discrimination did not violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
In my view, the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court is in serious tension with this Court's religiousequality precedents.
As this Court has repeatedly held, governmental discrimination against religion—in particular, discrimination against religious persons, religious organizations, and religious speech—violates the FreeExercise Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. In the words of Justice Brennan, the "government may not use religion as a basis of classification for the imposition of duties, penalties, privileges or benefits." McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618, 639 (1978) (opinion concurring in judgment). Under the Constitution, the government may not discriminate against religion generally or against particular religious denominations. See Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228, 244 (1982).
The principle of religious equality eloquently articulated by Justice Brennan in McDaniel is now firmly rooted in this Court's jurisprudence. As Justice Kennedy later wrote for the Court, a law may not discriminate against "some or all religious beliefs," and "a law targeting religious beliefs as such is never permissible." Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520, 532, 533, (1993). Put another way, the government may not "impose special disabilities on the basis of ... religious status." Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 877 (1990).
We have applied that bedrock principle of religious equality in numerous cases. See, e.g.,Trinity Lutheran Churchof Columbia, Inc. v.Comer, 582 U.S. __ (2017); Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001); Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of Univ. of Va., 515 U.S. 819 (1995); Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993); McDaniel.
For example, in McDaniel, a Tennessee statute disqualified ministers from serving as delegates to Tennessee's constitutional convention. The Court ruled the statute unconstitutional, explaining that the Constitution does not allow the government to discriminate against religious persons by prohibiting their service in a public office.
In Good News, a school district in New York allowed residents to use the local public high school for social, civic, and recreational events. But the school district prohibited a religious organization from using the school, simply because the organization was religious. This Court held that the school district's exclusion of the religious organization was unconstitutional discrimination against religion.
That same principle of religious equality applies to governmental benefits or grants programs in which religious organizations or people seek benefits or grants on the same terms as secular organizations or people—at least, our precedents say, so long as the government does not fund the training of clergy, for example. See Trinity Lutheran; Locke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712, 721, 725 (2004).
In Trinity Lutheran, Missouri barred a religious school from obtaining a state funding grant for the school's playground. By contrast, Missouri allowed secular private schools to obtain state funding grants for their schools' playgrounds. This Court held that Missouri's law was unconstitutional. The Court stated that the Constitution "protects religious observers against unequal treatment." In the Court's description, Missouri's law reflected an unconstitutional policy of "No churches need apply." The Court minced no words: Discriminating against religious schools because the schools are religious "is odious to our Constitution."
In this case, New Jersey's "No religious organizations need apply" for historic preservation grants appears similar to, for example, Missouri's "No religious schools need apply" for school playground grants and New York's "No religious clubs need apply" for use of school facilities and Tennessee's "No ministers need apply" for state office.
To be clear, this is not a case like Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992); Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983); or County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, 492 U.S. 573 (1989), where the government itself is engaging in religious speech, such as a government-sponsored prayer or a government-sponsored religious display. Nor is this a case like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014), or Smith, where a religious group or person is asking for an accommodation or exemption from a generally applicable law. Under the Court's precedents, both of those categories of cases can pose difficult questions. This kind of case, by contrast, should not be as difficult: Barring religious organizations because they are religious from a general historic preservation grants program is pure discrimination against religion.
[* * *]
At some point, this Court will need to decide whether governments that distribute historic preservation funds may deny funds to religious organizations simply because the organizations are religious. But at this point and in this case, it is appropriate to deny certiorari, for two main reasons.
First, the factual details of the Morris County program are not entirely clear. In particular, it is not evident precisely what kinds of buildings can be funded under the Morris County program. That factual uncertainty about the scope of the program could hamper our analysis of petitioners' religious discrimination claim.
Second, this Court decided Trinity Lutheran only recently, and there is not yet a robust post-Trinity Lutheran body of case law in the lower courts on the question whether governments may exclude religious organizations from general historic preservation grants programs.
For those reasons, denial of certiorari is appropriate. As always, a denial of certiorari does not imply agreement or disagreement with the decision of the relevant federal court of appeals or state supreme court. In my view, prohibiting historic preservation grants to religious organizations simply because the organizations are religious would raise serious questions under this Court's precedents and the Constitution's fundamental guarantee of equality.
Seems correct to me, and should send a valuable signal to lower courts (and to prospective litigants who are wondering whether to bring challenges to similar programs).
0 notes
Photo
Shout out to our buddies E Pluribus Unum! Restore the original motto! Stamp those bucks... theocracy sucks! #TST #thesatanictemple #EpluribusUnum #thisisnotatheocracy #christianprivilage #religiousequality #atheistsofinstagram #instaatheist #instasatan #satanistsofinstagram #nogodsneeded @esselthomas
#thisisnotatheocracy#christianprivilage#instaatheist#religiousequality#thesatanictemple#epluribusunum#satanistsofinstagram#instasatan#atheistsofinstagram#tst#nogodsneeded
3 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Big big thanks to our great friends and partners at the Our Fund Foundation! Last night was a celebration of grants just awarded to the Humanity Project and many many other important organizations doing work to make life better for the LGBTQ community. @our_fund_foundation #TheHumanityProject #humanity #respect #equality #EqualityForEachRespectForAll #racialequality #lgbtqequality #genderequality #religiousequality #betterworld #humanity #weneedmorehumanity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl30oy9ORgN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#thehumanityproject#humanity#respect#equality#equalityforeachrespectforall#racialequality#lgbtqequality#genderequality#religiousequality#betterworld#weneedmorehumanity
2 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Some of the beautiful colorful people of the day at the Equality Rally for Unity & Pride!!!#pridemonth #equalityrallyftl #southfloridaphotographer #lgbt #unityandpride #pulsenightclubremembrance #gayftlauderdale #🌈 #vizziphoto #religiousequality #racialequality #disabledequality #equalityforall #honorthemwithaction #iamjazz #flyyourflag #michaelapaige #ghazalasalam (at Huizenga Plaza)
#🌈#religiousequality#southfloridaphotographer#pulsenightclubremembrance#equalityforall#ghazalasalam#racialequality#vizziphoto#gayftlauderdale#honorthemwithaction#pridemonth#unityandpride#flyyourflag#iamjazz#equalityrallyftl#disabledequality#lgbt#michaelapaige
0 notes
Text
Religious Equality
Support our new campaign against religious inequality by following our twitter account and participate in the challenges posted @freedomblogers
0 notes
Text
Wtf moment of the day
Okay so my friend was sent to the principal's office for proudly displaying a Pentacle on her wrist. She was accused of being Satanist... This is the shit I hate about people. We fear what we don't understand and instead of opening up our minds we point our fingers. For the millionth time people. GOD, SATAN, HEAVEN, AND HELL ARE ALL CHRISTIAN CONCEPTS! Wicca is all about nature and Magick.
0 notes
Last Seen Blogs
