Posted on 02/17/2022 5:38:20 AM PST by Kaslin
Mmmmm, no.
Mmmm, yes.
“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.”
Ecclesiastes 7:10 NIV
Can’t have that, people actually going to church, parks, creating a stronger family and stronger communities.
North Dakota is/was like this. It takes a little getting used to, but Sundays are really quiet and calm.
Big fat no. We would have to go to a non-tech society and be completely non-competitive. If you want to force people to rest, that’s one thing, but forcing nearly everyone to take Sunday off (what about people whose Sabbath is *not* on Sunday?) had a lot of problems that the author is simply glossing over whilst wearing his rose-tinted blinders.
No. Having government interfere with businesses, e.g. when they are allowed to be open, is either corporatist or fascist, depending on one’s perspective. Neither is beneficial.
I agree with what you said.
Until COVID I thought “Blue Laws” were antiquated but I have changed my opinion, I think the author is correct. BTW-I’m old enough, 68 today, to remember many of these.
Yes, they could be problematic especially if you had an event planned for Sunday and you forgot to stop by the liquor store on Saturday but all in all it was much better then.
Another problem with today’s America, too much legal immigration from disparate countries due to the Fatassed Ted Kennedy changing immigration policies in the 60’s. It worked as designed.
Americans should grow the hell up and stop asking government to legislate personal moral standards that we are perfectly capable of adopting for ourselves. And that statement covers a lot of ground that goes way beyond just Blue Laws.
Start with yourself, then get your own family on board. Find a job that doesn’t require Sunday work. If you’re the boss, then set that rule for yourself and your entire company. Stay the hell away from shopping malls on Sundays. Heck — Don’t even log on to Amazon or any other retail sites on Sundays.
I do my part by taking this one step further and going out of my way to patronize business establishments that are closed on Sundays. I must confess, however, that it’s not difficult to do when you’re surrounded by Mennonites and Amish who — unlike the simpering, pathetic Christians who seem to show up in the media these days — would set themselves on fire before they’d ever open for business on a Sunday.
Sunday is not the Sabbath, Saturday is. Sunday is the first day of the week, Saturday is the seventh.
Eliminating Blue Laws was the right thing.
It would be no different than if the gov’t enacted Ramadan laws.
Workers now have more flexibility in their schedules than ever before. Work from home, 4-10 hour days rather than 5-8 hour days, etc.
Let the market decide what is best and let workers choose the employer that matches their personal needs.
Such things should be about Individual Liberty, not collective mandates.
No.
If a store wants to be open on Sunday, that’s their business.
If a person doesn’t want to shop on Sunday, then don’t.
When I was a kid on Long Island, I remember going into a pharmacy with one of my parents on a Sunday.
The pharmacy area was open, but the aisles of the pharmacy were roped off with those movie theater style rope lines.
Even as a kid, I thought it was weird.
Imagine that, national Sunday legislation. Who would have thought...
Yep. Chick-fil-A doesn’t need a government mandate forcing them to remain closed on Sunday, a corporate decision that has cost them billions of dollars in lost sales.
They’ve taken this path on their own free will.
Which sabbath? Saturday or Sunday? Saturday sabbath is not just for Jews.
I do miss quiet Sundays but don’t believe you can legislate this in a truly free society
There are lots more accurate and fitting phrases that could be used to describe Sonia Sotomayor following her comments.
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