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The media is all up in arms about Sunday shopping. I don't find anything wrong with it. I worked until midnight many nights, including Sundays, while in school to pay my rent. I would have rather worked and paid my rent than not have paid my rent with limited hours
If someone does not want to shop on Sunday that is their choice, but please do not take away someone's ability to earn extra if they choose. How about going to dinner and a movie on a Sunday? Are the people who work in the resto or cinema not working to serve you? Do they not have families to be with as well (the 'family' argument comes up often in that people should spend time with their families on Sundays). Recently my bank (in Canada) started opening not only on Saturday, but Sunday as well. A bit of a surprise, but in the land of 24 hour grocery stores, pharmacies, gyms etc. it seemed almost normal. Not everyone works M - F daytime hours, and with 24 grocery stores it made it easy to pop by on my way home from my midnight shift and pick up some things for the next day. Easy peasy!
I also find that keeping Sunday as 'special' very biased towards Christianity as other religions have other days that are important to them, and atheists do not have religious days at all.
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If someone does not want to shop on Sunday that is their choice, but please do not take away someone's ability to earn extra if they choose. How about going to dinner and a movie on a Sunday? Are the people who work in the resto or cinema not working to serve you? Do they not have families to be with as well (the 'family' argument comes up often in that people should spend time with their families on Sundays). Recently my bank (in Canada) started opening not only on Saturday, but Sunday as well. A bit of a surprise, but in the land of 24 hour grocery stores, pharmacies, gyms etc. it seemed almost normal. Not everyone works M - F daytime hours, and with 24 grocery stores it made it easy to pop by on my way home from my midnight shift and pick up some things for the next day. Easy peasy!
I also find that keeping Sunday as 'special' very biased towards Christianity as other religions have other days that are important to them, and atheists do not have religious days at all.