Posted on 09/11/2006 12:13:33 PM PDT by Heartofsong83
Blue Laws amde it impossible for Jews who keep the Sabbath on Saturdays to get anything done on weekends.
/irony
They're a tiny minority though...
Or anyone else who had something to do on Saturdays, for that matter.
Umm... how does stores being open on Sunday prevent people from going to church? Do the owners of the stores go door to door and roundup people at gunpoint?
You'd have 6 days and 6 nights still. That's not enough time?
>>"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." <<
Ummm, that would be Saturday.
Of course, as a Christian, I spell Sabbath J E S U S. He is my sabbath (rest).
When did Moses get credit for the Ten Commandments?
It gives more things to do and adds a distraction, hence eliminating potential church-goers.
Sheesh. Enacting blue laws to increase church attendance is silly. Just enforce mandatory church attendance laws and get directly what you're after. Why be coy about it.
It wasn't Moses commandment....it was GOD'S.
What a non-sequitor.
>>OK by me, as long as they keep them closed on the Sabbath, instead of Sunday.<<
;)
Germany is going through this now. But on the side of no extended hours is the labor unions.
There is no way that I would condone use of the force of law to keep stores from setting their hours whenever they want to set them.
The tenth commandment is the easiest one. I haven't had the urge to boil a lamb in it's mothers milk in my entire life.
I go to church every Sunday, but like the fact that I can go to Home Depot or Sam's Club on Sundays (there's plenty of time to go either before or after church). I think that there are a million things that are more interesting than going shopping, and someone who doesn't go to church because he'd rather go to a store at that very hour probably wouldn't have gone to church anyhow (he'd just stay home and watch TV or go to a movie).
But it should not surprise us that children who do not attend religious services once a week are more susceptible to drug use and other immoral behavior.
They are pretty much a blatant violation of at least the spirit of the First Amendment, as they cannot be justified on a secular level and, has been commented upon, have a disproportionate impact on certain religious minorities.
-Eric
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