`Blue laws' have eased over the years

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  April 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......avoid kitchen work on Sunday. "Blue laws" restricted certain...whittling away at blue laws -- perhaps the last stronghold of Sunday's superiority. In...those associated with Sunday activity, were called blue laws because they were...

Should the blue laws be repealed? Probably, but ...(NEWS)(JAMES LILEKS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......on Fridays and Sundays. It's great to...buy anything on Sunday but a car and some...last remaining blue laws prohibit the sale...our house on a Sunday, I wouldn't have...doesn't mean the blue laws should remain...non-commercial Sundays when I was 6, and...fits with the ...

Blue Laws repeal bill awakens old enemies

The Boston Globe;  April 27, 1993 ;     700+ words ......drive to abolish the Blue Laws in time for this...maintained that making Sunday just another workday...proposed to repeal the Blue Laws and allow Massachusetts...stores to open every Sunday at 8 a.m. At present...said the notion of Sunday as a day of rest...that retaining the ...

Mississippi eases blue laws over time.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Business News Aug. 13--Blue laws, legislation that...labor and sales on Sundays, date to 1610. That...Eickelmann said. Sunday blue laws are an impediment...trend, most early blue laws such as cutting hair, Sunday travel and sweeping...

BLUE LAWS, LONG DISUSED, COME OFF THE BOOKS.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  February 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......transacting business on Sunday. The Blue Laws. They banned most...book about the Blue Laws, said early arguments...into a well on Sunday. Should a farmer...commonwealth opened on Sunday. It was all chopped...Quayle spotted the Blue Laws in the code book...

COLUMN: Blue laws: There is a point

University Wire;  December 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......arguments against "blue laws," which limit commerce on Sundays in the United...that, in effect, blue laws promote Christianity, as Sunday is the Christian...anyone can rest on Sunday if he so chooses...the absence of blue laws, the government...

In battle for Sunday, the 'blue laws' are falling.(USA)

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......indication that Sunday is becoming just...The lifting of blue laws, in their own...and author of Blue Laws: The History...and Politics of Sunday-Closing Laws...diminution Most blue laws - which included bans on Sunday travel, hair...

Bosses, workers seem divided on changing Mass. blue laws

The Boston Globe;  May 2, 1993 ;     700+ words ......repeal the state's blue laws and allow businesses...open all day on Sundays and summer holidays...Contending that the blue laws are making hard...one pole of the blue laws debate, and Ettore...employee who wants Sundays to be a special...employers who feel the ...

Interview: Alexis McCrossen discusses blue laws and Sundays

NPR Morning Edition;  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......McCrossen discusses blue laws and Sundays Host: RENEE MONTAGNE...an historian of Sunday. She joins us from...could describe the blue laws. Professor ALEXIS...spent under the blue laws? What about just...McCROSSEN: The blue laws rarely made mention...time. ...

Dealers' Day Off, Depending; Blue Laws and Day-of-Rest Rules Limit Sunday...

The Washington Post;  October 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......declare "Never on Sunday" if they so choose...out Maryland's "blue laws," which deem it...s counties on Sundays but find it a...sale any car on a Sunday. The next section...teams may play on Sundays (after 1 p.m...give away cars on Sunday. Why should I...dropped most of its ...

BATTLE OVER BLUE LAWS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 26, 1993 ;     700+ words ......All Editions -- Sunday Notes: BATTLE OVER BLUE LAWS. Main story filed...like to repeal the blue laws that bar most Sunday shopping in Bergen...Towns that have blue laws exhibit a more leisure atmosphere on Sunday than during the...

Sunday saw end of most Maryland blue laws.

Daily News Record;  July 6, 1987 ;     344 words ...Sunday Saw End of Most Maryland Blue Laws WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Closed...opened to Maryland shoppers Sunday following the statewide repeal of blue laws in all but three counties...not everybody will work on Sunday. Blue laws still apply to car dealers...

Shoppers Want Change In Maryland Blue Laws; State Lawmakers Again to Seek...

The Washington Post;  February 16, 1987 ;     593 words ......was another busy Sunday yesterday at the...about the Maryland blue laws curbing business...necessary to shop on Sundays." "I think the blue laws are archaic...need something on Sundays, when I only have two days off." Blue laws should be repealed...

A RETAILER'S VIEW OF BLUE LAWS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 18, 1993 ;     212 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 10-18-1993 A RETAILER'S VIEW OF BLUE LAWS Date: 10-18-1993, Monday Section: OPINION Edition...uncaring, money-hungry stores are pushing to repeal the blue laws. The blue laws do not allow certain merchandise to be sold on Sunday, which means many stores are ...

N.Y., Del. Join Move Away From Blue Laws

The Washington Post;  June 1, 2003 ;     570 words ......and co-author of "Blue Laws: The History, Economics and Politics of Sunday-Closing Laws...continuing erosion of blue laws. "I think the stars...so many things on Sunday, what makes getting...ordinances allowing Sunday sales, some of which...to the ebbing of blue ...