Open for Easter: Blasphemy or Greed?

Why on earth, in a city of Evangelical Christians (Colorado Springs, CO), would a retail store.....the only store in the mall that will be open, be open on Easter Sunday? I don't care if it's a “legal” or paid holiday.......I don't want to work on Easter............. I can't cook a ncie dinner or spend time with family, go out to Brunch, etc.........cause the “store” will be open 12-7 PM.

Is it blasphemy? Are the owners non-Christians? Or is it just retail greed?

I know one thing......it's just not right!

Gone are the days when Sundays were literally a day of rest...time to spend with family, church, or “quiet” time away from work! In Michigan, I was astounded the car dealerships were closed on Saturday........and of course Sunday too. People do not need to “shop” 7 days per week. All business that is conducted on Sunday would just move to another day of the week Retail would not lose, employees would gain, it would be a win, win situation!

And yet many stores are still closed, every Sunday. Chick Fillet, Hobby Lobby, and most “Christian” bookstores are closed, as well as liquor stores, car dealers, “mom and pop” retail stores, government offices, doctors, lawyers, etc. One's who think doing business 5 days per week, is sufficient.

Here is some background.......from the “good old days”:

Sunday Closing Laws

Sunday Closing Laws.—The history of Sunday Closing Laws goes back into United States colonial history and far back into English history.191 Commonly, the laws require the observance of the Christian Sabbath as a day of rest, although in recent years they have tended to become honeycombed with exceptions. The Supreme Court rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to Sunday Closing Laws in McGowan v. Maryland.192 The Court acknowledged that historically the laws had a religious motivation and were designed to effectuate concepts of Christian theology. However, “[i]n light of the evolution of our Sunday Closing Laws through the centuries, and of their more or less recent emphasis upon secular considerations, it is not difficult to discern that as presently written and administered, most of them, at least, are of a secular rather than of a religious character, and that presently they bear no relationship to establishment of religion....”193 “[T]he fact that this [prescribed day of rest] is Sunday, a day of particular significance for the dominant Christian sects, does not bar the State from achieving its secular goals. To say that the States cannot prescribe Sunday as a day of rest for these purposes solely because centuries ago such laws had their genesis in religion would give a constitutional interpretation of hostility to the public welfare rather than one of mere separation of church and State.”194 The choice of Sunday as the day of rest, while originally religious, now reflected simple legislative inertia or recognition that Sunday was a traditional day for the choice.195 Valid secular reasons existed for not simply requiring one day of rest and leaving to each individual to choose the day, reasons of ease of enforcement and of assuring a common day in the community for rest and leisure.196 More recently, a state statute mandating that employers honor the Sabbath day of the employee’s choice was held invalid as having the primary effect of promoting religion by weighing the employee’s Sabbath choice over all other interests.197

http://supreme.justia.com/constitution/amendment-01/07-sunday-closing-laws.html


Blue law

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed to enforce moral standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest. 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. [1] 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. In some places blue laws may be enforced due to religious principles, but others are retained as a matter of tradition or out of convenience. [2]
In the Cook Islands, blue laws were the country's first written legislation, enacted by the London Missionary Society in 1827, with the consent of ariki (chiefs). In Tonga, the Vava'u Code (1839) was inspired by Methodist missionary teachings, and was a form of blue law. In Niue, certain activities remain forbidden on Sunday, reflecting the country's strong Christian heritage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law