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Lil_Brown_Bat t1_j5a3kvz wrote

Reply to comment by A_Man_Who_Writes in Why did Sunday pay go away? by A_Man_Who_Writes

Because it violates the first amendment's freedom of and from religion. If the state requires you to pay more for one religion's holy day and not any others', it is violating the separation of church and state. Removing this and increasing min wage across the board is ultimately the right thing to do.

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Candid-Tumbleweedy t1_j5a4a6b wrote

Yea why was Sunday special? Historically because we cared about the Christian day or rest but not the Jewish one. That’s kinda fucked in a “progressive” state that pretends to have a separation of church and state.

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Lil_Brown_Bat t1_j5a53y4 wrote

MA has a long history of laws and regulations based in Christianity. What you and I interpret today as "progressive" wasn't always the case. Once upon a time, time and a half on Sundays was progressive.

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Aggressive_Lake191 t1_j5afei4 wrote

In reality, where retail is these days, it would just mean higher prices. It is easy to put this in a us vs. them rant, but it is really us vs. us.

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