In comparison to previous methods of life in society
Populations have the right to have their own manner of relating to God. Furthermore, these publics have a specific holy text to which they refer when exercising their religious liberties. The concept of religious belief, according to Parker (2013), is an individual's attitude toward the supernatural, mythological, and spiritual aspects of religion. Furthermore, it is a distinct spiritual practice in which some adherents do not practice religion and others do not believe in that faith. It has also elicited conflicting emotions from the public as lawmakers consider legislation to reduce the aspect of intrusion and violation of an individual's life. The concept of unity in the society will reduce chances of misunderstandings and war related to the contexts of a person's beliefs. Rulings from various court cases have ignited aspects of innovation on a person's way of life in society. In a publication by Johnstone (2015), he points out that an individual can tell what they must believe and profess but in the end, they often act according to their religion. Countries then demonstrate the concept of actualization other faiths irrespective of a particular religion's dominance in that community. In the long run, the public realizes the importance of respect and fulfillment of the specified laws regarding a person's right to belief and the consequences related to the act of violating their rights. This paper discusses the impact of federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights on an individual's freedom of religion. These aspects are further linked to the aspects of a nation's leadership and the changes that the nation has observed with the different governments. Multiple court cases in these nations and its rulings have provided a directive regarding a person's right to religious freedom.
Impact of Federalism on Religion
Federalism is often interpreted as a system of government. According to the topic, different countries apply distinct laws regarding the model of worship that is majorly practiced within its boundaries. In most cases, publics are exposed to issues of discrimination from the majority creating a limitation on the type of religion that will be majorly practiced. Some of the leaders are applying these acts on the employment opportunities offered in the country. It is a practice that has created division in powers enjoyed in the community with a particular section having little say in the activities that are being implemented in the region. According to Philips (2012), Germany has violated the religious rights that have been provided in article 4 of the Basic Law in their constitution. It then called for a series of amendments from the public with a target of attaining equity in society and respect of an individual's rights. The basis of this activity links to the decisions of lack of clarity, inconsistencies, and the effect of the community's collective identity. Similarly, a crucifix hardly has the right to violate someone not to believe, and it does not favor the group of people that think via indoctrination (Smith, 2014). The Congress has then impacted on the issues of constitutional reforms that is acting as an arbitrator on the process of the public achieving their rights.
On the other hand, the religious communities are attaining representation in the government with the prospect of preaching unity in the society. In some nations, the top leadership is often changed based on the religious affiliations that they hold. It is a strategy to demonstrate the issue concerning the country's religious groups. It then limits the issues of wars from the communities that view themselves as marginalized. In some instances, the religious and political leaders in the current generation are terming the practice of separating the church and the state as a myth. However, in the United States, religion is considered as an important aspect of the American population. It is also indicated that there are factors in the country's politics that have limited impact on the country's developmental programs. Barber (2012) further states that a developed nation like the United States is extraordinarily high on religion. However, President Trump is quoted displaying issues of discrimination regarding the Muslim religion as he wished to offer travel bans to people of such religious beliefs. It is a context that raised integrity problems with the model of leadership that will be implemented in the country. According to a publication by T Jeramy Gubb (2012), religious roles in the country have been sidelined, but still, attain support from the public indicating that they are more religious than other nations in Europe. In the Asian countries and the Middle East, leadership is based on an individual's religious affiliation. Instances of violating the provided religious laws hardly call for an application of a lawsuit but rather face the sharia law that is often applied in the region. It is also demonstrated that the Iranian Judiciary is one of the places that an individual is to expect the ruling to be based on the religious foundations (Cross, 2015). The leader's pronunciations play a significant role in the jurisdictions held in the country.
Negative Impact
Leadership systems in single religion affiliated nations leave the publics of other religious affiliations as the minority. They are also faced with the problem of limited contributions in the country's duties but forced to abide by the stipulated laws. In the Middle East "in the UAE," publics that work in their companies are always subjected to having a single day off, which is Friday and have limited chances of going to church on Sunday. The Christianity affiliated communities and the jury are also affected by these policies as they will hardly enjoy aspects of unity. The concept can be traced in the American elections that raised questions as to whether a candidate should or should not possess his faith before the American public is presented. It has further affected the legislative acts that are being demonstrated in the country and the judicial decisions that have a direct relation to religion and prayers in schools. Additionally, the establishment clause of the First Amendment is faced with hardships on the implementation as the framers did not purpose a wall that was to be a derivation to the issues of separation. Similarly, the government is facing issues of trust from the public as they may be deemed to have a limited concentration of the public's interests. Instances that witness recognition of religious freedoms in society, minimal powers are then offered to such dockets leaving them with limited chances of imposing an impact on the country's leadership.
Third-party groups in any country should have limited effects from the various religious accommodations and exemptions. It is a factor that is hardly applied to the religious leaders holding multiple demonstrations on the society seeking recognition for the activities that they offer in society. The Federalist Society takes no positions on certain legal and policy matters. The community is then left with a relatively hard task to attain the level of attention that they wish as compared to the public in their communities. In the long run, it hinders the standard of development that the region will achieve in relation to the limited recognition that they are achieving from the ruling class. The public will then be left with limited faith in their religion, thus the creation of an immoral generation. Leaders with no religion interest or affiliation create a slow growth rate of the country's culture and history. The citizens and visitors will have limited knowledge regarding the religious affiliations linked to the country; growth. The learning institutions will then be forced to concentrate on other nation's history and expansion of their literature as compared to their ancient ways of life and leadership styles. The public will then be exposed to the hardships of understanding the country's birth and the various religious parties that are being practiced. The recognition and acknowledgment of religion through leaders will have an appraisal of the laws that are being published in the congress. On the other hand, it will improve the international relations with other countries that embrace the concepts of religion in their communities.
Implications of the civil rights
The concept of civil rights refers to the privileges of an individual with regards to politics, social freedom, and equality. The majority of instances where these values are being violated, the affected parties often resort to demonstration or war with the target of attaining recognition in society. The leadership in the country may then be overthrown due to the level of discomfort and satisfaction that the masses are displaying. Nevertheless, these practices are often displayed in the African countries as the masses are often neglected and hardly offered a chance to belong to a certain community or exercise their freedom of belonging. Dictatorship is the primary factor in the region's leadership as the masses will have to comply with the set of laws that are being drafted and implemented by the lawmakers. Instances of violation may then lead to death, incrimination, fines, or exile as they will have acted against the country's will. For example, citizens in Zimbabwe have limited freedom of speech since an act of expression against the government will call for punishments. The country is also forced to abide by the law of having a single television channel that will offer information and entertainment to the public. Nevertheless, no institution or individual in the country can then speak ill about the leadership and the people affiliated with the government. In some regions of Western Africa, tradition and related customs are the sole determinants of their ways of life with limited opportunities associated with an aspect of the amendments.
In some regions of the world, people are then clustered into various movements with a sole target of attaining growth and sensitization of human rights. External bodies are also taking part in these movements as they wish to have an aspect of equality in the community. Balance is considered as a gear to the collaborations and improvement of the development activities that are being implemented. Also, certain policies are being shared and made of a global standard that each country is supposed to abide. A series of conferences and amendments of the law are being done to create an aspect of achieving rights and drafting of penalties to the publics that are found guilty of violating such motions. Courts are also being established with the mandate of listening to cases arising due to the factors of rights. The female population is the most protected segments of society with consideration to contexts of being delicate species in community. Similarly, an individual that is found guilty of violating their rights is exposed to relatively harsh punishments. The Supreme Court of the United States has since grabbed headlines as it made declarations on the possibilities of hearing two cases concerning corporations whose owners are opposed to the provision of contraceptive coverage to their employees. It then offers a window that the public is supposed to be exposed to affordable care in relation to the salary that they are receiving. An incident of poor working conditions at a work station will ignite an aspect of demonstrations as they fight for a better environment to live and the future of the coming generation. According to a publication by Dorner (2013), the state has then become a focus of political battles involving progressive initiatives and religious freedom.
How Civil Rights and Positively and Negatively Affected
The positive factors can then be linked to the issues of better environments to stage demonstrations to attain freedom. Various media groups are also merging with the civil rights activists to publish the need for the public to enjoy their rights. In such instances, the top leadership in the country is then left with minimal opportunities of committing crimes against humanity. There are also opportunities for the courts to listen to such cases related to freedom and individual's rights as these bodies are fighting for equality in society. There are a series of sensitization programs that are being initiated in the world to enable people to understand the need to follow their religion. A strong religious foundation of a family then yields the need for an individual to have better morals and also demonstrate issues of respect in society. Some instances can then be traced with the court cases that were being filed against the African leaders that committed crimes against humanity. It then indicates that an individual is entitled to life and practice religious activities based on their will. The publics that are found guilty of such practices are then arraigned in court and serve the stipulated punishment as derived from the laws (Scolnicov, 2010). Limited chances of bail are offered to such persons as they may initiate organized crime that will then make them walk free. The civil rights have also helped the publics from marginalized nations enjoy a particular level of comfort in comparison to the previous treatments that were being provided. Additionally, the public is then witnessing the creation of multiple worship centers and the public having the liberty to improve their faith from the areas of their wish.
On the other hand, civil rights are being faced with a series of adverse regulations that are affecting the public's way of living. The regions are further subjected to slow rates of development with the advantaged groups left with higher powers compared to the vast majority. For example, dictatorship is the sole factors that are leading to the delay of realizing their rights as compared to the publics that are living under better leadership styles. It is witnessed in Zimbabwe, where the supreme leader dictates the majority of the activities that are being held in the nation and no or limited chances are provided to contest these rulings. For example, citizens in Zimbabwe have limited freedom of speech since an act of expression against the government will call for punishments. The country is also forced to abide by the law of having a single television channel that will offer information and entertainment to the public. Nevertheless, no institution or individual in the country can then speak ill about the leadership and the people affiliated with the government. In some regions of Western Africa, tradition and related customs are the sole determinants of their ways of life with limited opportunities associated with an aspect of the amendments. Similarly, some Muslim states apply certain laws that hardly match with the will of the public that is living in that community. People with different political ambitions are facing stiff challenges from the acts of going against the Sharia Law. The citizens are then forced to abide by those laws or take the other alternative of fleeing the region and live in a country that will offer better freedom opportunities.
Why Civil Liberties are being affected
The region's political ambitions and leadership style determine the level of effect that the civil liberties are likely to witness. The attainment of success to the civil liberties can be traced from laws that are being published in these localities. Instances of change of leadership and revision of the previously enacted legislation have offered an opportunity to the attainment of success in the regions that we are living. The new leaders will often have the desire to attain a re-election from the public and then strive for the factors of improving the freedom that the masses wished to accomplish. For example, some departments in the country will be stripped off some powers to create an aspect of equality in the community and also offer an opportunity of the other regions to contest for recognition in society. Such an aspect can be traced to the creation of representational opportunities that are being provided to the religious communities in the country. In the long run, the country is to experience an improved moral community with limited instances of crime and discrimination practices. The context of unity can be witnessed in Rwanda as there are provisions of severing a punishment to people that are found guilty of discriminatory and corrupt actions against an individual or the state. It then creates a mentality of respect to a colleague and the various sets of laws that are being drafted in the country.
On the other hand, the adverse effects are based on the greed from other communitiesof state agencies that wish to be dominant of the vast majority. Similarly, an instance that demonstrates limited chances of amendments will often give hardships to the concepts of attaining freedom. The public will then have no opportunity of having a better living environment but seek other alternatives such as demonstrations, exile, coups, or staging strategies that will see them attain their goals in the community. Additionally, an environment that is often covered with a crime will regularly affect the civil liberties since the regions are covered with cartels dictating the way of living in society. It is a common practice in drug-related countries like Mexico, Columbia, Bolivia, among others. The young generation is regularly exposed to immorality.
Conclusion
The attainment of freedom in the world is elaborated with the trend of leadership that the countries have witnessed. Some publics have continually staged a demonstration with the goal of having a better way of life compared to the previous generations. However, some parts are still exposed to dictatorship and slow development opportunities since there are limited opportunities to initiate the required amendments to the laws that are being applied in the country. The paper further elaborates the impact of federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights on an individual's freedom of religion. These aspects were further linked to the aspects of a nation's leadership and the changes that the nation has observed with the different governments. For example, African countries have often fallen victim to poor leadership thus the aspects of hardships to attaining freedom. In the current millennium, various developmental goals are being set pushing states to the provision of development atmospheres. Similarly, countries like the United States and some European nations are merging the concepts of religion and the leadership activities with the prospects of improving relations with multiple nations. Nevertheless, they are then subjected to criticisms as they have to make amendments to certain laws that are acting as a hindrance to the attainment of maximum freedom. The state agencies that hardly apply equality are often subjected to leadership changes, and the persons found guilty of such activities are arraigned in court for such actions.
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