(22) Arnold Roth, Sunday "
Blue Laws" and the California State Supreme Court, 55 Southern California Quarterly 43, 43 (1973).
The first clause of the amendment that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion," seemed to indicate that the
blue laws would soon be repealed in favor of more Sabbath-friendly legislation.
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Blue laws are generally associated with religion, and some of the early prohibitions were an attempt to force Christian reverence for the first day of the week on society at large.
(68) Nevertheless, they supported the enforcement of the
blue law as a political act of defiance against King Kalakaua, who wanted the games to be played, although he was at the same time opposed to the increased Americanization of Hawaii.
Town Clerk Nancy Talbot said she had never heard of such a thing and contacted Police Chief Dennis Healey, who said the
blue laws did not apply.
Lobbyists from both sides have already reportedly gone into action, with DISCUS and the Food Industry Alliance (representing 21,000 supermarkets) advocating in favor of the changes and representatives for liquor store owners arguing against the bills, which are also opposed by religious groups traditionally in favor of
blue laws. DISCUS estimates that an additional $36 million in taxes could be raised annually by allowing Sunday sales.
Also in Ontario Coutu will restrict its units to 7,500 square feet or less to meet the demands of a
blue law that went into effect in March, which prohibits stores larger than that from operating on Sunday.
Because of a new "
blue law" due to go into effect in Ontario in March that prohibits stores larger than 7,500 square feet from operating on Sunday, Coutu will keep its stores to that size to maintain a seven-day schedule.
But a day of rest, which is more precisely what the biblical commandment was referring to, is actually very important to out lives as humans, as parents and as employees and employers, even though
blue laws are waning in most places.
In Bergen, malls such as Paramus Park and The Garden State Mall and most retail stores are closed on Sunday by
Blue Laws.
In particular the Adventist Church criticizes most other Protestant bodies for worshiping on Sunday, allowing infant baptism, and promoting the passage of
blue laws, which restrict the sale of liquor and commercial activities on Sunday.
