what this the history, or story, on why some states prohibit the sale of vehicles on Sunday?

Answer 1

Actually the auto dealers decided on this law! They all agreed to close on sundays and because some would say screw it they made it a blue law. Car sales people work alot of hours and actually business on sundays was not that good. So at least us salespeople are guaranteed one day off a week! What do you do....are you open on sundays. You probably get saturday off too!

this law has NOTHING to do with the bible!

Answer 2

1. Isn't it terribly inconvenient? This reminds me of the 60's. I didn't realize that it still existed elsewhere.

2. I love Los Angeles, because just about everything is open for business late, some 24/7, and open on Sundays. Forgot to pick up bread Saturday night, not a problem Sunday morning.

2. Maybe that's why we're the 3rd leading economy in the world. We keep our doors open for revenue.

Answer 3

The laws you are talking about may come from the old blue laws passed during the Great Depression era. Back then there were too many people selling things and retail price clasped, so they passed laws to stop all retail sales on Sunday Car dealers generally have big clout with lawmakers, and enough probably want the day off.

Answer 4

According to the Bible, God rested on the seventh day. (Sunday) Many Christians; therefore, believe that they also should rest and go to church and worship and not engage in business. In some states, the dollar is more powerful than the Bible and businesses
are allowed to be open as usual.

Answer 5

I believe that you are referring to Blue Law, which prohibits certain practices, usually on Sundays. Most states that still enforce blue laws only enforce it on certain sales, such as alcohol (Massachussets is one that I'm aware of). Here is an article from Wikipedia regarding Blue Law:

"A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed to enforce moral standards, particularly the observance of the Sabbath. Most have been repealed or are simply unenforced, although prohibitions on the sale of alcoholic beverages, and occasionally almost all commerce, on Sundays are still enforced in some areas. Blue laws often prohibit an activity only during certain hours and there are usually exceptions to the prohibition of commerce, like grocery and drug stores. Places that still have and enforce blue laws often have strong religious fundamentalism, but some have been retained as a matter of tradition or out of convenience.

The term blue law may have been first used by Reverend Samuel Peters (1735-1826) in his book General History of Connecticut, which was first published in 1781, to refer to various laws first enacted by Puritan colonies in the 17th century which prohibited the selling of certain types of merchandise and retail or business activity of any kind on certain days of the week, usually Sunday. In Texas, for example, blue laws prohibited selling housewares such as pots, pans, and washing machines on Sunday until 1985; Texas as well as Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and ~

Wisconsin car dealerships continue to operate under blue-law prohibitions in which an automobile may not be purchased or traded on a Sunday. ~

Many U.S. states still prohibit selling alcohol on Sunday, or at least before noon on Sunday. Many unusual features of American culture — such as the fact that one can buy groceries, office supplies, and housewares from a drug store — are the result of blue laws, as drug stores were generally allowed to remain open on Sunday to accommodate emergency medical needs. The ubiquitous "weekend" is also a result of blue laws, although it is practiced nearly worldwide, except in some Islamic countries, which have their weekend on Thursday and Friday, and in Israel, where the weekend is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday."

Hope this answers your question :)

Answer 6

The same reason you cannot buy liquor in most counties in Alabama. However; I can drive a few miles and buy booze providing the pastor has said the benidiction. But it has to be 12:01 Sunday afternoon..