Mermaid_La_Reine t1_j5bn4ll wrote on January 21, 2023 at 8:48 PM

Sunday use to be a sacred day of the week. (Exodus 20) A day of rest. No business we’re opened. People went to church, or stayed home with family to enjoy time together.

Over time, Stores became more Progressive, and introduced ‘Sunday hours’. If a store was going to be open on ‘The Lords Day’, store owners would have to pay for that luxury, by paying employees time-and-a-half.

Now that most people want consumerism on a daily basis.. with no distinction of days...the incentive is dissipating.

A_Man_Who_Writes OP t1_j5c6wp7 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 11:03 PM

The sacred day of rest (sabbath) in the Old Testament was actually Saturday. The early Christian church changed it to Sunday.

Mermaid_La_Reine t1_j5cn4qf wrote on January 22, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Catholics are Saturday. Protestants are Sunday. America was founded by Protestants.

Aggressive_Lake191 t1_j5cqtj4 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 1:24 AM

I am Catholic, and I believe we were always Sunday too. It was the Jewish faith that is Saturday.

RightoidsWillDarwin t1_j5gpvae wrote on January 22, 2023 at 10:00 PM

No one cares about fairy tales anymore.

dogmom603 t1_j5chtc3 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 12:18 AM

I don’t think the time and a half pay was to get people to work. When retail “fought” for the right to open on Sundays (it used to be forbidden), the time and a half was what they had to agree to. It was all part of the MA BLUE LAWS.

Mermaid_La_Reine t1_j5cm4zl wrote on January 22, 2023 at 12:49 AM

‘Blue’ is a term of impropriety. ‘Blue’ language is vulgar. Anything ‘blue’ was not to open on a Sunday. Drinking, gambling, and such. Even after supermarkets would (reluctantly) open on Sundays, Liquor/alcohol stores still remained closed. Repealing the Blue Laws means all the sinful stores are now freely open on Sunday.

“Blue Laws” were created for religious reasons specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship.” -wiki