And although the wedding venue has been accommodating, it is not willing to make a refund.
"During lunch, students often go to religious instruction, and what we say is, 'We're not supporting religion, we're accommodating it.' How is this different from a parent saying, 'Release my kid for skating lessons, we want her to go to the Olympics.' Here we have parents enriching their kids' educational life, and all the school is doing is accommodating it".
Of course, if Smith's practicality requirement on moral judgement is sound then accommodating it is a challenge faced by every meta-ethical theory, but consideration of how the requirement might be accommodated suggests that the problem is especially pronounced for the non-naturalist.
The need for Airbus's expensive double-decker, its wings so wide that airport stands and equipment had to be remodelled to accommodate it, was fading.
But as Washington grumbles about Barack Obama being too accommodating, it's useful to remember that unless you pick your fights very, very carefully, you'll risk wasting your best ammunition on the wrong targets and leaving the country exhausted from all the yelling.
By not assuming you'll be accommodated, you're showing you're respectful of their space.
Regular usage will mean that it is worked around, it will be accommodated, and it will become normalised….
Where faith can be accommodated easily it should be.
Traditionally, she said, a hotel "built out a network whenever they had a different type of device that needed to be accommodated, whether it was a telephone, a TV or a PC".
Now that businesses are starting to take an interest, the concern is that the local population and their alternative ways of life will no longer be accommodated for; it's hard to keep using an abandoned building as a neighbourhood art studio after Costa have bought it out for refurbishment.
