2006-12-12 16:40:04 · 8 answers · asked by Nikki 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
To I vote do you: My homework and it's bed time for me..hmm I'm not as young as you think!
2006-12-12 16:53:56 · update #1
Right or wrong, the people of a state, city, municipality, determine the "blue law" for their area. If the majority of citizens are against shopping before a certain time on Sunday, then that is the "law of the land". When a majority of citizens are for shopping before a certain time on Sunday, then shopping on Sunday in specific states, cities, and municipalities will happen.
Many states, cities, municipalities prohibited liquor sales until state, city, and municipal governments determined that liquor sales would be advantageous.
When governmental agencies determine that the sale of specific consumer products are advantageous to them, those sales will be allowed. More money into the coffers? You bet!
2006-12-12 16:53:09 · answer #1 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this law is wrong. Sunday is a holy day only if you're Christian. By keeping even non-christians from working on Sunday, the law tacitly undermines the competitiveness of non-christian workers. Further, the law restricts all people from buying on Sunday, forcing them to restrict purchases to other potentially less effective days of the week, when, for example, the might still be working. Finally, the law has no basis in secular society, only in religious society. Without a good secular reason behind it that outweighs the above concerns, there should be no secular law.
2006-12-12 16:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by Fenris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it isn't right and I could never understand the reasoning behind it.
I grew up here in a suburb of Kansas City. Of course the metro area is half in KS and half in MO. When I was a teen back in the 70's Missouri had a state law that mandated no shopping on Sundays. So every Sunday our shops and mall here on the KS side of town would be so crowded, it looked like Christmas season every weekend. Missouri finally pitched that law sometime in the 80's.
2006-12-12 16:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by Do You See What Happens Larry? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Sundays are considered the Sabbath in a lot of religions and things should be closed for that but not every religion uses Sundays for that... some people don't follow religion at all. I used to work in retail and believe me, I'm all about "closed on Sundays" but ya, no one in corporate America does.
2006-12-12 16:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by graduatecj08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to do your own homework & go to bed.
Yes, I do think it was right. A couple of recent studies have shown that crime has increased since the abolishment of blue laws. They do not know why but the percentage of crime has gone up & the percentage of church attendance has gone down. The number of people claiming a religion has stayed the same.
I think anything that makes crime go down is good, so bring back the blue law.
2006-12-12 16:51:07 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blue Laws indicate that we are supporting a certain religious belief, what ever happened to separation of church and state? Or are we going to repeal that too? C'mon this is America. Blue Laws are ancient and need to be repealed if they still exist.
2006-12-12 16:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Benjamin Franklin (a Christian) wanted mail delivered on Sundays so there couldn't be any hint the govt was respecting the Christian sabbath.
2006-12-12 19:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because it favors one religious sabbath over another: Jews have Sat; Muslims have Fri (?); some Christians have Sat; most Christians use Sun; and why should the non-religious have to bother with a sabbath at all?
2006-12-12 16:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋