And for the record, it was never my intention for him to forgo our religious observance when he transferred schools.
In October, the association announced that effective this school year it would change its rules to accommodate religious days of observance when scheduling state competitions.
Historical precedent and other polling information offer clues that many voters are willing to make at least certain concessions when it comes to a candidate's religious observance when they pull the curtain behind them in the voting booth.
Ash Wednesday is a solemn observance when many Christians receive ashes on the foreheads and are reminded that "they are dust and to dust they shall return".
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But if you begin by distinguishing between the core religious stance of awe before the wonders of the world and the innumerable ways of striking that stance, the state can be seen as honoring the religious impulse — defined broadly and not tied narrowly to specific observances — even when it declines to honor one of its nonessential instantiations.
Periodic demonstrations and protests persisted in the months that followed, including those held on university campuses and others held at public ʿĀshūrāʾ observances in December, when government forces fired on crowds of protesters, killing at least 10 people.
When observance of those particular values become absolute requirements then we are on a path of confrontation," he said.
That attack, at 11 30 p.m. on a Saturday, given the seven-hour time difference, fell during the hours of Sabbath observance here -- when thousands of telephones go unanswered in this Bergen County township, home to seven Orthodox synagogues.
Iran has been relatively quiet since violence gripped the streets around the country in December during the religious observance of Ashura, when at least eight people were killed, including Mr. Moussavi's nephew, and more than 1,500 people were arrested.
