Gavrielatos said the program undermined the secular traditions of state schools, adding the students would be better served by "expert trained school counsellors, psychologists and welfare officers".
This gives them the option not to migrate and ensures that the traditions they're preserving endure".
In recent weeks the traditions have found a novel field of play – national politics.
Despite all this, some EU members are upholding their traditions of military might, and are prepared to deploy armed forces abroad.
In that context, it is perhaps wisest to view the past week's events as a bit of sport in the finest traditions of a paper that, for more than four decades, has delighted in defying the critics of its daily serving of nipples.
Underpinning the book is a subtext: a love-letter to Latvia, its people, culture and traditions.
On the tour she draws together history, archaeology, politics and society to add context to the culinary traditions of the Italian capital.
This argument presupposes that "traditions" are worth preserving.
Britain joined late, in 1973, but some English people – perhaps steeped in Britain's maritime, free-trade and imperial traditions – felt wary or hostile towards the EU.
From John Redmond, the leader of the Irish nationalists up to the first world war, to John Hume at the end of the 20th century, northern nationalism has repeatedly accused the Tories of putting party advantage above a balanced settlement between the two traditions on the island of Ireland.
Many non-American Indians have incorporated knowledge of Native American two-spirit traditions into their increasing acceptance of same-sex love, androgyny and transgender diversity.
