Re: working on Sunday - was in Dallas, TX in 1976. They still had "blue laws" - things you could not do on Sunday. Stores were prohibited from selling various items. E.g. the entire pharmacy section of a grocer/drug store was dark, roped off.
We were not allowed to buy a frying pan. The couple in front of us were not allowed to buy disposable diapers. But they were allowed to buy a chew toy for their dog. Whaaaa? -Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Religious argument in the US... Why? > The US was founded on the concept of freedom of religion and in a > large part > because the early settlers weren't' free to practice their religion- so it > seems proper that its one of the rights we hold most dear. I believe some > of the obsession with it is because there are factions that want > to take it > away - that want to impose their concept of religion on our kids > at school, > and in our laws and who state they want to make the us a one religion > country. The way it was always portrayed to this product of a public school education was that there were multiple reasons for a separation of church and state. >From memory (which is sketchy at time), it was a crime in the colonies to work on Sunday or do anything deemed "unacceptable for the Sabbath". Colonists also *had* to be a member of the accepted Church (CoE I think). There were severe punishments for those who broke the law. I also remember hearing something about the government not wanting to embrace any denomination over another so they would not in effect pledge financial support (tithing) to any given group. Thing is, "separation of church and state" is right there with "freedom of religious expression" in my mind... a very touchy subject. Hatton ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
