Why do Blue Book laws still exist in some parts of the USA (religious fascism)....?

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There used to be a whole mass of sunday trading laws in the UK.... they did away with most of them in the 70's or 80's

when I was a kid - maybe 9 or 10 - I was given a 'magic painting' book..... you paint a small amount of water onto an apparently white page, and the colour magically appeared.
but, this was a sunday, and I didn't have a little paint brush.
I took a walk to the nearest shop, grabbed a paint brush from the display and tried to pay.
"Sorry love, we're not allowed to sell a paint brush on sunday.... we can only sell it of it is to be used for painting iodine onto a wound {wink}"
"so I cant buy it?"
"we can sell you it if you are going to use it to paint iodine onto a wound {wink}"
"I only want it for my magic painting book!"
"Yes, but if you tell us it's for iodine, i can sell it to you"
{me, indignantly} "I'm going to tell my mum"

some of the other UK sunday trading laws were similarly crazy..... one that sticks out in my mind was that it was legal for a bookshop to sell a porno magazine, but illegal to sell a bible
 
Someone else's religion should not in any way dictate whether I can do this and that on a Sunday.

Second, what's the crazies Blue Book law that you've ever heard of?
Old Timer Too - Do you really expect me to give you best answer when you quoted (without source) from wikipedia?... FAIL
 
In Connecticut, the repeal was blocked but not by religious groups. It was blocked by "Mom & Pop" stores where opening Sunday takes away their day off or loses market share to supermarkets and larger stores with multiple employees.
 
You are referring to the Blue Laws (the Blue Book establishes automobile value for resale).

A blue law is a type of law, typically found in the United States and Canada, designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, and a restriction on Sunday shopping. Most have been repealed, have been declared unconstitutional, or are simply unenforced; though prohibitions on the sale of alcoholic beverages or prohibitions of almost all commerce on Sundays are still enforced in many areas. Blue laws often prohibit an activity only during certain hours and there are usually exceptions to the prohibition of commerce, like grocery and drug stores. In some places blue laws may be enforced due to religious principles, but others are retained as a matter of tradition or out of convenience.

So... both religious and tradition are involved.

If they are enforced due to religious principles, then you have a case that can be made (which why they are not enforced). If they are enforced by tradition, then society has identified them as a secular law, despite any religious origins.

It is a little like the prohibition on murder, if you know what I mean.

TDs expected.

I should add that I lived in an area where fresh meat could not be sold on Sunday. It was enforced by the meat cutters' union and had nothing to do with religion. I have lived in areas where meat could not be sold after a certain time of day on any day of the week, for the same reason. These "blue" laws, as they are called, are no longer exclusively limited to religious thinking.
 
Johnny that isn't a blue law nor is it unique to the USA never mind unique to California.... As for blue laws we don't have them here in Wyoming but we might as well because no one is open on Sunday because they are afraid to break the rules of their god Mithra
 
Back when Blue laws were enforced this was a much better country(USA). But in the majority of cities now you dont need them. .

Catholic Christian †
 
This was much stricter in Germany when I was stationed in Frankfurt. You couldn't
wash your car on Sunday. All stores were closed.

The prevailing will of the people is what determines what laws will be emphasized
or enforced. And this changes over time. Right now in the USA, rules and standards
are changing rapidly. We are making conscious choices, that's why. We've had
unconscious habits (segregation, male supremacy, white supremacy) for many
generations, possibly since the beginning of human existence. Let's think this
through. Let's listen to the consequences of these old laws and rules. Do they
apply in today's society? No? Then repeal them.
 
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