Timeline for Germany's Ladenschlussgesetz in comparison to Israel's business laws about the Sabbath
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| Dec 2, 2019 at 8:23 | comment | added | prosfilaes | @jwenting I find summarizing any group defined merely by religion or lack there of to be likely inaccurate. In this case, complaining about the atheists seems weird, as the post this comment is on mentions the Jews, who historically have felt punished by having to take off Christian holidays as well as Jewish holidays. Forcing Christmas off hurts people who want to take Solstice or New Year's Day or Christmas (January 7th) off. | |
| Dec 2, 2019 at 7:52 | comment | added | prosfilaes | @jwenting The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment was made to apply to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, as ruled by the Supreme Court in 1947 in Everson v. Board of Education. What the Establishment Clause means is defined by the Supreme Court, and has been ruled, among other things, to block governments from having student-led prayers at graduation ceremonies. It has nothing to do with compelling people to observe a religion; it's the Establishment Clause, not the Free Exercise Clause. | |
| Dec 2, 2019 at 5:51 | comment | added | jwenting | and anyway, the establishment clause of the US constitution only applies to the federal government. Technically it also only blocks the federal government from dictating people observe a religion, not from them promoting one or adopting some of its practices as its own (like giving people a day off on a religious holiday). All those atheists who complain about Christmas are very happy to get Christmas day off from work, and Easter monday, and would holler if those days were turned into regular working days for them... | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 23:51 | history | edited | grovkin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2019 at 23:40 | history | answered | grovkin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |