Forcing shops etc. to restrict their opening hours on sunday is an insufferable restriction on trade. To many working people sunday is the only day of the week that they can get out together as a family. Why should these 'keep sunday special' religious nutters tell the rest of us how we should spend the day? Do they really expect people to waste their time attending church? A day's shopping is far more enjoyable! And why should Muslims - for whom sunday is NOT in the least bit 'special' - be expected to comply with this humbug? They don't demand that christians - or anyone else - must 'keep friday special' do they?
2007-01-29 02:17:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the UK no one is forced to work on sunday and in fact there is great competition among shop workers for the chance to work on sunday - to make some extra cash or to have a day off in lieu in midweek which has so much more to offer than does the 'Holy day' which, of course, exists solely in the minds of the religious fraternity. I couldn't care less what the bible thumpers choose to do - as long as they don't try to force me to join them!
2007-01-29 03:56:49 · update #1
Yes it is time to abolish it - but what I don't understand is how the big stores (supermarkets, high street shops etc) are included in the laws, but my local spar is open from 8am to 10pm?
2007-01-29 02:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by broken_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quick question for you-who do you think is manning the tills?
Oh yes, the unfortunate retail employee who doesn't work 9-5 in a office all week and just about gets home in time to have a meal with his/her family on Sunday. For you to say
"to many working people Sunday is the only day of the week they can get out together as a family"
shows a lack of regard for others-almost as if shop staff don't actually count as working people.
I used to work in retail, it's long hours which are often anti-social and include Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and New Years Day (all of which are generally mandatory due to the sales by the way). My now husband was posted away then and only got back on weekends occasionally-when would you have suggested that we spent time together exactly?
Maybe, just maybe, a mile or two in the shop assistant-or even better manager's shoes(they generally do in excess of 60hrs per week)-would re-position your argument. To clarify my standpoint I'm no "religious nutter" as you so eloquently put it but it might be nice to have 1 day where 90% of the working population didn't have to work.
Sunday hours are relatively new you know, we managed to cope without the shops being open on Sundays before. If all the shops were closed then no-one would 'lose out' and the trade would re-distribute itself over the remaining 6 days.
I understand if you want to "get out together as a family" as you say but maybe you should ask the kids what they want-in my experience it's not to trail around the shops!
2007-01-29 04:03:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the big superstores are now open 24 hours a day. Do you not have any time during the week to get to the shops apart from outside the hours of 10- 4 on a Sunday? What a busy life you must lead and then the only time you must get to spend with your family on the Sunday you want to take them shopping. Good call.
If you were to go to Saudi Arabia the shops are all shut on a Friday which is their holy day and they don't give a toss if westerners and non muslims want to go shopping. They close no matter what. The Muslims here in the UK choose to live in England which is supposed to be a Christian faith nation, and therefore knew they would be obeying our rules when they chose to live here. I knew I would have to obey Muslim law when in a Muslim country and didn't complain about it.
2007-01-29 02:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by pirateladjim 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People's lives are too hectic by far these days; the result of this is that they feel Sunday is the only day left. Unfortunately, the opposite is true - Sunday is the Lord's day, the Sabbath, and as such should remain holy. However, in order to do this, employers need to take stock of how they have collectively robbed their workforce of rest on the other days of the week, and redress the balance in favour of the working man/woman.
If anything, therefore, there need to be more restrictions on a Sunday NOT less.
2007-01-29 02:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by Modern Major General 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shops closing on Sunday was a brilliant idea, regardless of the religion you were.
You ask a corner shop man who works 6:30am to 8pm Monday to Saturday what law he would like. Unfortunately, many of them get forced to open to keep up with the competition who decide to open on these days.
People underestimate how important rest is to your family and your health. Unfortunately, by the time you find out it is very often too late.
2007-01-29 02:51:56 · answer #5 · answered by Abdul 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my state the 'Sunday Blue Laws' were repealed.
I just can't find 'Separation of Church and State' in the first amendment.
Christians can boycott the malls on Sunday, why does it matter what pagans do?
Christians can also select employment with companies that do not require them to work on Sunday.
grace2u
2007-01-29 02:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that they should be abolished! I go to religious meetings on a Sunday and that in no way influences my shopping habits. Should it? We are no longer required by the Bible to keep to the Mosaic Law and as such no longer keep a Sabbath! The Mosaic Law ended when Jesus Christ came to earth.
Romans 10:4 - "Christ is the end of the Law".
A Sunday is the same as any other day. Shop till you drop!
2007-01-29 02:25:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no one telling you that you can not go to the store on Sunday, it is just you who does not know that to christians that SUNDAY is a HOLY day and that it is a day of rest, I find offense to business that tell me when I go to work for them that I have to work on sunday to get a job, but since I work in the medical field and am doing my calling then I am inclined to work because I am helping humanity. Doing GODS work.
2007-01-29 02:25:14 · answer #8 · answered by Slider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. However, I think the workers need safeguards to make sure they aren't being forced to work 7 days a week.
In the UK things have improved considerably over the last couple of decades, but there's still some way to go.
2007-01-29 02:54:13 · answer #9 · answered by The Truth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of these laws are being abolished. What stores near you are closed on Sundays? Perhaps they are privately owned businesses and the owners wish to not work on Sunday to spend time with their families.
2007-01-29 02:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋