The Louisville City Council voted to allow wine and liquor sales on Sundays. Beer's been available on Sundays for quite a while so it seems that it's reasonable to allow people to buy other types of alcohol too.
When I was a child this wouldn't have been a matter for consideration, store were closed on Sundays. In theory I kind of miss the old "blue laws" that kept stores closed one day a week. In reality I like being able to go shopping 24/7. Families have changed, work schedules have changed, not as many people now have the time to shop during the week so it makes sense that retailers changed to accommodate them. Some still argue against it, there's the whole Sabbath thing...the Christian Sabbath, of course, imagine the complaints if businesses were shut down at sunset Friday night.
We've got to keep things separate, secular. This made me think about the courts. I read about their judgements on keeping anything remotely religious out of the public arena. You know, no Christmas displays on public property, no Ten Commandments in the courthouse. So I checked some courthouse websites, and the ones I looked at all appear to take Sunday off. Why Sunday? Why not Monday or Wednesday, or just rearrange schedules so they are open every day? Just askin'.
Posted by marybeth at July 29, 2005 09:25 AM Other StuffI wouldn't care what day a week it was, I would love for all the stores to be closed one day a week. Yes it would force us to change and get use to it happening. I was so amazed how it worked out in Germany when I lived there. It took about a month and then I got use to it. Wish we had it here. Though when I was leaving, I noticed they were starting to let stores open on Sundays. Sigh.
Posted by vw bug at July 30, 2005 08:29 AMIt's nice for people who work retail. They know that their schedule won't change even if someone else is on vacation or calls in sick. It makes planning personal time easier for them and their families.
I'm kind of surprised I haven't heard complaints about working on Sundays as a class issue. It seems to me that a large portion of those who are employed and can rely on having Sundays free have higher status jobs (non-service, non-retail).
Posted by marybeth at July 30, 2005 10:10 AM