"Holiness" goes Mainstream in USA

[whoami]

Blue Laws for my state:

Missouri

* The sale of alcohol is prohibited from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday.[23] Alcohol sales on Sunday are allowed from 9:00 a.m. to midnight subject to an additional liquor license fee.[24]
* Car sales are prohibited on Sundays.



Hilarious!!! I knew about the alcohol sales time limits, there are always news stories about violence in bars over daylight savings time when sales stop an hour early for the time change.

[commonsense]

Many moons ago when living in Southern IL, if you went to the local mall nearly half the cars were from MO since their malls were closed due to some sort of blue laws.

[commonsense]

This was also part of living in ND many long years ago. Malls and other shopping centers were closed or had very limited hours.

Look at any national sales flyer for dept stores that cover the whole country. You will see the Sun hours as 9 to 6 for example but there will be a disclaimer ....except for ND, hours 12-6.

There are a few areas that the blue laws are still alive and well...

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by allstate1

I wish people would learn the difference between holiness and modesty!!!!!

Think that might be why the thread starter placed quotes around Holiness??

[ILG]

I won't be visiting.

[geekette]

Originally Posted by whoami

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

LOL!

Blue laws--the bane of Texas when I lived there as a teenager and young adult. It was weird how different aisles of the grocery stores would be roped off. Target, Walmart, KMart, etc., they were just closed.

Blue laws finally ended up being repealed about 1987 after a Christmas season where national retailers decided to risk staying open on the Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas to make an extra buck. They made loads of money (I know I was one of the "tourists" who checked out the novelty of shopping at a Target on a Sunday) and the state saw the handwriting on the wall.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by whoami

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

Blue laws are considered to be laws that are still on the books but are not in tune with the times so are usually overlooked. In the city of Cincinnati I remember when there was a law against retail sales on Sunday. This was enacted years ago but generally disregarded although it could be enforced if law enforcement agents wanted to. I don't know if this was overturned later or if everyone just agreed to ignore it.

Actually, the AS of the UPC is like a blue law. It is still on the books so it can be enforced if local enforcement agents decide to but it is generally just overlooked and ignored in real life in many areas. And like the blue laws that still remain on the books as civil laws that are usually not discussed because we are kind of ashamed of them, the AS is treated that way in some places.