How to Use freedom of religion in a Sentence

freedom of religion

noun phrase
  • Abbott has said the issue is one of freedom of religion.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
  • But as the days went on, even those who disagreed with my viewpoints shared their support for my freedom of religion.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
  • The only way to protect your own freedom of religion is to protect your freedom from theirs.
    — Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Is there anything in his opinions that shows disrespect for freedom of speech or freedom of religion?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Fundamental rights include the right to life, the right to a fair trial, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and so on.
    — Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
  • There can be no peace without freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of expression and respect for the views of others.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • You can be legally married but refused entry to your spouse’s hospital room because of freedom of religion.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025
  • One argued that a prohibition would infringe on freedom of religion.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
  • The government has been actively denying some people their freedom of religion for months.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • American Jews weren’t spared, in a country that guarantees freedom of religion.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Nothing wrong with Christianity; just shouldn’t be running a nation birthed from freedom of religion.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 21 July 2024
  • Yet the freedom of religion in the First Amendment was put there precisely as a guard against religious tyranny.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Due process, equal protection, gun rights, free speech, freedom of religion, voting rights and all other rights are protected by processes.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The lawsuit claimed that churches have the right to serve as a homeless shelter under the First Amendment’s freedom of religion.
    — Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The men had argued the Marines’ grooming policy violated their right to freedom of religion.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Others have called the former postal worker’s arguments at odds with the American value of freedom of religion.
    — Jorja Siemons, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But Ukrainians opposed to the eviction have accused the government of using the war as a pretext to deny them freedom of religion.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are among the most important American ideals.
    — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The underlying basis of the freedom of religion clause is the right to practice one’s religion free from persecution.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • This is the United States, where freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.
    — Patricia Lopez, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
  • Everyone should have their constitutional rights to assembly, free speech, freedom of religion and free press protected.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The court has aggressively defended freedom of religion, putting it on an even constitutional field with secular life.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Lemon was charged violating federal laws by impeding the First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The First Amendment, guaranteeing free speech and freedom of religion, might disappear.
    — Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Reports of human rights abuses in Crimea, including violations of freedom of religion or belief, abound.
    — Thomas J. Reese, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2015
  • The most common reading of the establishment clause is that freedom of religion prohibits the installation of a state religion or religious tests to hold state office.
    — Samuel Perry, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Most urgent are crucial rights that are still missing from Israel’s Basic Laws, such as freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, and due process.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of religion, property rights — all of it.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Aug. 2023
  • While freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution, there have been incidents of religious intolerance.
    — Adam Hancock, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
  • That the freedom of religion that's called for in the Constitution, in the First Amendment, that has sort of been trampled on by lower courts and some institutions.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023

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