Through simply tolerating but not critically scrutinizing such dissenting practices, the state might be involved in implicitly sanctioning, without directly legitimating, one set of metaphysical or theistic biases while marginalizing, and in some sense implicitly discrediting, the beliefs of those it seeks to accommodate.
Individuals who belong to minority ethnic or cultural collectives, which often engage in dissenting practices, ask to have their differences accommodated so that they have an equal opportunity, vis-à-vis members of a majority group, to pursue their ideals of the good life.
For exceptions due to informed dissent, practices are required to make personal contact with the patient and to record the patient's reasons for rejecting the intervention in the notes.
Despite this — and despite Saudi Arabia brutally crushing political dissent, practicing torture, and executing more people per capita than any other country except Iran — those who could potentially hold sway over the kingdom remain loath to condemn or sanction it in any substantial way.
The toleration of dissenting religious practices can often be a vital force for expanding the scope of inclusion and consent within a state, thereby increasing the legitimacy of the laws and policies of a given state.
It is an investment, but the expensive fees are worthwhile since they help to ensure that foreigners don't run afoul of various laws and customs, like unintentionally violating the government's strict rules against dissent or practicing Christianity outside of sanctioned churches.
This includes teaching them about the threats posed by recruiters, to fully exercise their rights to an attorney if approached by law enforcement, the right to express political dissent and practice one's faith without fear, and the expectation of equal citizenship.
Last month, Judge Jacobs put his views into practice, dissenting from a decision in a tangled lawsuit about something a college newspaper published in 1997.
China has sentenced 20 people to up to 15 years in prison for advocating violence and separatism in the western region of Xinjiang, where the central government has clamped down on dissent and restricted religious practices.
And it was only after she voiced dissent against the practice was she allowed to lead.
Time magazine listed her as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2008, stating that "under the nose of a regime that has never tolerated dissent, Sánchez has practiced what paper-bound journalists in her country cannot; freedom of speech".
