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The law changed once more in 1991 to allow businesses to open at noon on Sunday. On March 19, 2019 the state Legislature passed a law abolishing the blue law in the state. The bill was then signed by Governor Doug Burgum on March 25, 2019. [60] The blue law expired on August 1, 2019 and the first Sunday with legal morning sales was August 4, 2019.
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
Maryland (1961), the Supreme Court of the United States held that contemporary Maryland blue laws (typically, Sunday rest laws) were intended to promote the secular values of "health, safety, recreation, and general well-being" through a common day of rest, and that this day coinciding with majority Christian Sabbath neither reduces its ...
Sunday Laws in Ontario, 1911. After the demise of the Lord's Day Act, the Retail Business Holidays Act of Ontario still prohibited most stores from opening on Sundays. However, there were exceptions to these rules (for example, gas stations, convenience stores, tourist areas).
The use of electricity on Shabbat is generally considered forbidden among Orthodox Jews. There is extensive debate regarding the source of this prohibition. According to most opinions, the prohibition is rabbinic. (Some uses of electricity may also involve a biblical prohibition, for example incandescent light bulbs, or cooking on an electric ...
The court 6-3 approved the state law, due to the laws not being exclusively religious. "An examination of recent Massachusetts legislative history bolsters the State's position that these statutes are not religious. "In general, Sunday laws protect the public by guaranteeing one day in seven to provide a period of rest and quiet.
The law will likely stay, but that isn’t so bad. Calls to reconsider the Sunday laws flare up in Germany from time to time, although contending with Catholic and Protestant church groups could ...
Many governments instituted blue laws to limit activities that could be pursued on a Sunday, including such recreational pursuits as sports and games. In 1794, the Pennsylvania Assembly restricted activities on Sunday by passing what they called "an Act for the prevention of vice and immorality, and of unlawful gaming, and to restrain ...