----- Original Message -----
From: Won Lee
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: Religious oppression in action
At 10:21 8/2/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes, that's right I was forced by laws written in the past to conform to
>someone elses religious views. I went into the local liquor store yesterday
>to get some cokes and some Newcastle Brown Ale, and upon trying to check out
>was informed that I could not buy the beer until after noon (it was
>11:35am).
1) Great choice of beer. That is my favorite.
2) There actually some practical sense to it as well. This is what my
brother told me while studying the Blue Laws in Northern NJ.
a) Northern NJ is predominately Christian. Most of the police officers
attend church with their family. Thus trying to schedule anyone to come in
on Sunday would be difficult. This may or may not have anything to do with
your area.
b) This is actually more related to your situation. Police Officers are
slated to work x number of hours. Any hours beyond is booked as overtime.
State governments are doing everything possible to control the number of
overtime hours they would have to pay out. It would be a huge public
relations disaster if the decision makers came out and said, "We will
reduce police protection in order to balance the budget." But that is a
huge part of the decision. They turn a bad situation into a good by
claiming they are doing it for religious reasons which makes the masses happy.
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