My boss says the same thing. Sunday is a workday before Monday.
I wonder if they restrict Moslems from prayer five times a day?
Creeping socialism rear’s its ugly head. Socialists don’t believe in religious holidays, therefore, the workers do not get holidays off, because the state does not recognize them. Want a day off? Forget it. Christmas, Easter, Independence day are just another day to the socialists. If people keep pushing their luck, the state will abolish all religious holidays, for everyone, no exceptions. Vote for hope and change, and you will find that you have no hope to change it back.
Once upon a time, nobody worked on Sundays or at least worked a full day on Sundays. That, of course, was before the advent of the modern weekend, and Sunday was usually the only day people got off from work.
But there are many small churches that still forbid their people from working on Sundays, and even the Catholic Church discourages it. Catholics are supposed to attend mass every Sunday, and while many of them neglect this and in fact the Church weakened Sunday by providing the Saturday evening “vigil” mass, it is still an obligation.
And all Christians are commanded to keep the Sabbath holy, which with the Jews meant not working. While most of them probably don’t follow this commandment, I don’t see why those who adhere to it should be treated as if this were just a random act of piety and this without legal protection.
I’m sure Muslims are allowed their prayer times, their Friday observances (such as chanting “death to the infidel”), etc. So why not Christians?
But I bet the Muslims get Friday off every week. Also, the judge said not working on Sunday was not one of Christianity’s core beliefs. What part of “Remember the sabbath, keep it holy” does this judge not get? Seriously England, what happened to you?
I thought that the State has no right to dictate to religion under the First Amendment protection.
Growing up we adhered to a strict no work policy at home on the Sabbath. No TV, no radio, no telephone. We never went out to eat on Sunday after church either. Our preacher told us that buying or going to the store or restaurants on the Sabbath kept others from attending church.
I didn’t realize this was an issue anywhere? You sign on for a job where part of the work is on Sunday, and if you refuse you can be fired. How is this a problem?
There are some jobs you go into knowing you’re going to work on Sunday - a lot of healthcare, police, fire... and that kind of work you can do in a spirit of worship and be glad you’re following Jesus’s footsteps, healing and helping on the Sabbath.
Of course, if the employer makes provisions for Muslims and Jews not to work on their sabbaths and holy days, it should be done for Christians as well.
Any day can be a sabbath.
When I was in Germany earlier this year you would struggle to find many shops open on a Sunday. I also remember meeting tourists at Munich airport who thought they’d spend the day shopping in the city centre on a Sunday ... they came back disappointed at finding nothing open. In South Africa it’s the other extreme where everything is open all day every day of the year.
It is between the woman and those she works for, she could tell them to shove it but she is obviously a socialist just as much as the judge is.
There are other jobs, if your Christianity prevents you from working on Sunday (like it does me) get a different job. You can’t convince your employer otherwise? Tough. He doesn’t have to follow your religion