alt.education

On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:21:28 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
wrote:

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> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:44:13 GMT, "Jeff Strickland"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>But you are not compelled to adopt the religion. When a company elects to
>>>impose its own blue laws (blue rules), then the effects of religion are
>>>not
>>>imposed by government, but by a private entity. You are protected from
>>>blue
>>>laws coming from government, but not from the company imposing them.
>>
>> Several Titles cover that, Jeffy---and a company cannot
>> enforce many of them---it's against federal law.
>>
>
>Any company anywhere can set its hours to be closed on Sunday, or any other
>day. There are plenty of business reasons to keep a store open 24/7, but
>there is no compelling reason for government to set hours of operation.

You were talking about "blue laws" which were "moral
laws" designed and influenced by religous groups. You
claimed that if a company passed "blue laws"---they
would be exempt from government scruitiny.
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>>>As a practical matter, there are very few businesses that have blue rules,
>>>but there are some and there is nothing that can be done about them.
>>
>> Oh, but there is
>>
>
>I close my business on Sunday. There is nothing you can do.

Whether or not you close your business on Sunday has
nothing (anymore) to do with "blue laws"

The "blue laws" that were prevalant prior to legal
challenge, were passed by state and local government to
enforce moral precepts.

>
>In the case of a market, I cannot choose to sell some products but not
>others just because it is Sunday, but I can choose to lock the front door
>and sell nothing.

As an owner what you sell, when you sell it is your
business.

We're talking about "blue laws" that are were
specifically based on religious values.