Observance is something more than showing respect for the beliefs of others. Of course, we all respect the beliefs of others so long as the stores are still open on Sundays. We are willing to go to certain rites like funerals, numbing our ears as the priest reads the ancient words. Going to funerals is the right thing to do, and besides, it’s only an hour or two. We’re willing to give any amount of respect to the beliefs of others so long as it doesn’t cost us much time or money.
Observance means more than that. Here I think the practice of George Washington should be the model.
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