alt.education

On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:25:29 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:12:40 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>If only we had freedom from religion. Then we would not have all the
>>>Blue Laws. The prohibition of select retail activities because the
>>>day of the week is Sunday is medieval.
>>
>> We "Had" all those laws because a challenge wasn't
>> mounted----most of them came from conservative
>> communities---not a national agenda---until the passage
>> of prohibition.
>
>
>Most of the blue laws came from the shop keeper wanting to take a day off,
>not from a compelling desire to regulate your behavior. When a store is
>open, but one or two products (lines of products) are not sold, then that is
>a problem because it seeks to regulate your behavior. But when the front
>door is locked and nothing is sold, then that is not about your behavior.

Blue laws were direct result of religious influence,
most particularily in the south

Blue laws were designed to enhance religious
participation and the churches wielded considerable
power over councils, and legislatures.