Sunday Laws

[Wags]

Last week I saw a news report about a town in Oregon that has banned construction on Sundays. In one of the TV news pieces on it one of the promoters of the law said it was so that people could "rest on Sunday, like they are supposed to.

Today I saw a piece about a similar law in the works in a town in Tennessee.

If they can ban work on a particular day of the week what do you think will be next?

 

[Vaneeza Malkah]

it used to be that way all over the country about 50 years ago.

 

[CovenantRay]

Shalom:

There is nearly no business conducted on Sundays in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. If your main power goes out, you must wait until Monday. There are a few "convenience" stores open on Sunday at unbelievably high prices. At least as of 15 years ago.

CovenantRay

 

[Bon]

Shalom:

There is nearly no business conducted on Sundays in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. If your main power goes out, you must wait until Monday. There are a few "convenience" stores open on Sunday at unbelievably high prices. At least as of 15 years ago.

CovenantRay

And Spain...
When we were in Barcelona in 2000....I wanted to make a day of it. Shopping there on a Sunday.....(but everything was closed....The city was like a 'ghost town')

Bon

 

[Wags]

But supposedly in the USA we have freedom FROM religion. Isn't impossing a "day of rest" on a community imposing a religious belief on them?

I think there is a difference between custom and law. If it is the custom not to have shops open on Sunday then there isn't a penalty for violating that if you want to have yours open (although you might not get much business). If there is a law against having a shop open on Sunday then there will be a penalty associated with violating that law.

 

[debi b]

Difference between custon and law....an interesting point

 

[jgonz]

They still had the "Blue Law" (closed on Sundays) here in Texas right up until about 1984. Then they amended it to only be certain things you couldn't buy on Sunday... now it's gone completely.

Chick-fil-a (where my oldest daughter works) is still closed on Sundays all over the US. They're a Christian company and feel strongly about being closed on Sundays. Too bad it's based on man-made tradition instead of G-d's Word...

 

[Bruce101]

They still had the "Blue Law" (closed on Sundays) here in Texas right up until about 1984. Then they amended it to only be certain things you couldn't buy on Sunday... now it's gone completely.

Chick-fil-a (where my oldest daughter works) is still closed on Sundays all over the US. They're a Christian company and feel strongly about being closed on Sundays. Too bad it's based on man-made tradition instead of G-d's Word...

Even though we know that Sabbath is on a Saturday, I give Chic-Fil-A a high five for taking a stand.

Around here blue laws started going away about ten years ago.
Still can,t buy a beer on Sundays.

Bruce

 

[Mary_Magdalene]

yes, Chick-Fil-A does a good thing with closing on Sundays. I do live near headquarters and without saying too much, I was asked to give my advice about what movie to show on Oct 31 (they have movie night in the parking lot of one of their larger locations). Last year it was "Spiderman" (a PG movie shown to younger kids).

I suggested showing a "BibleMan" movie but I doubt my advice will be taken because it is not the most popular thing to show...