Shopping on Sunday

The issue is Sunday shopping and whether or not it should be curtailed or allowed to continue. Sunday shopping has been legislated against at various times in our history with so-called "blue laws" that prevented stores from opening or that were directed only at certain types of goods which could not be sold on Sunday. However, over time most of these laws have been eliminated in the face of the greater secularization of society and in support of the promotion of the economic benefits accruing from a seven-day shopping cycle. The question of Sunday shopping can be considered form a variety of points of view on both sides. The basic issue is whether or not Sunday shopping should be banned, and arguments pro and con will be considered.

Those who oppose Sunday shopping offer both an argument based on morality and an argument based on economics. The moral argument derives first in the Christian view from the Creation story in Genesis, for after God created the world he rested on the seventh day. The seventh day is viewed as the Sabbath, the day when God is to be worshipped and when the suppliants are to follow God's example and rest themselves. The religious have long interpreted this as meaning that there should be no commerce on the Lord's Day.

This argument can be countered on a number of points. For one thing, it is a strictly Christian conception, and this is a nation that is made up of a number of different religions. The Jewish faith has its holy day on Saturday

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understanding within the family unit and should not encourage policies that result in less of this interaction. Children today need the support of their parents more than ever, and the bond within the family needs to be strengthened. Left to their own devices,a s they are when parents go shopping instead of remaining with the children, young people engage in unproductive activities such as watching television, where they learn more about violence and drugs than they should know, especially given that they are seeing these things without the benefit of having a parent nearby to put things in context and to explain the true meaning of what is depicted. Economic arguments can also be raised against Sunday shopping, based on a view of the effects of Sunday shopping on the environment, on the population, and on society as a whole. If shopping could be stopped for one day, we could reduce the volume of pollution spewed into the air by the many vehicles on the road each shopping day. Traffic as well would be reduced, which also reduces wear and tear on the roads and the infrastructure of our highways, bridges, and so on. The arguments for Sunday shopping also have their moral and their economic components. Consider the economic ef

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