The Battle For Sunday (Religious)

[Syxx_Killer]

I stumbled across this article. What do you guys think about it? It sounds rather troubling to me.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5792.0.111.0

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I stumbled across this article. What do you guys think about it? It sounds rather troubling to me.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5792.0.111.0

I like having my Sundays off..

[antikristuseke]

Having sundays off is all fine and good, but in keeping with the principle of separation of church and state no such law should be passed.

[AVGWarhawk]

Well, I stopped reading at the first line. 'mandatory....' for who? Catholics? Fine, I'm Episcopalian. Day off for me

[Thomen]

Well, in all fairness, it does not say that people have to go to church, just to observe the Sunday's rest. Ergo, no working on Sundays. Which is perfectly fine with me.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Thomen

Well, in all fairness, it does not say that people have to go to church, just to observe the Sunday's rest. Ergo, no working on Sundays. Which is perfectly fine with me.

Means no gasstation open, no restaurant open, no trains, no planes etcetera.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Thomen

Well, in all fairness, it does not say that people have to go to church, just to observe the Sunday's rest. Ergo, no working on Sundays. Which is perfectly fine with me.

That is how the Amish take care of it. Although, the do go to church just about all day on Sunday. It is a day of rest.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Well yes I think that's the point, I heard over and over of unions and political partys pushing to have the sunday off mandatory for everybody but until now I had never heard that the church was involved in that.
If the law is passed it will certainly not be by nor for the church, the article sounds kind of weird to me since it makes it looks as if it were a purely religious issue and that it's the church pushing it. But it's a religious paper so I guess this explains that.

Mikhay, out of curiosity.. how is it handled in France, or other European countries? I know that in Germany usually the Sundays rest is observed (except certain industries and vital business and services).