Sunday alcohol sales proposal heads to Ga. Senate

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ATLANTA (AP) — The hot topic of Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia is headed to the Senate floor after a proposal to let local voters decide the matter breezed through committee Wednesday. Religious groups consistently oppose the idea and former Gov. Sonny Perdue vowed to veto any law allowing it. But none of the 11…

Sunday sales and a different kind of GOP conservatism

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It would be more than fair to say that Georgia has moved a grocery aisle closer to the package sale of beer, wine and liquor on Sunday. After decades of failure, a bill to legalize such purchases whipped through a Senate committee on Wednesday like a moonshiner down Erskine Caldwell’s dirt road, with only one…

Don’t be Enslaved Rest on the Day of the Lord

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(click on picture for larger view) Text: Society risked being enslaved to work, and must recover the traditional day of rest, Pope Benedict XVI said last night. Pope Benedict said worship must not be “hostage to the latest trends” with “contrived and inappropriate additions”, the traditional sign of the peace (when people greet each other…

Sabbath-Sunday Bill Survey Shows Support

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by Hillel Fendel   (IsraelNN.com) MK Zevulun Orlev (NRP) has announced the findings of a poll showing 56% support amongst Israelis for his proposed legislation making Sunday a day of rest and allowing some public transportation and entertainment on the Sabbath. Orlev’s bill would change the official approach to Sabbath as the country’s day of rest. Though…

Europeans Initiate Campaign for Work-Free Sunday

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1 Million Citizens Needed to Request Day for Children STRASBOURG, France, MARCH 17, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Martin Kastler, German member of the European Parliament, launched the first citizen referendum of the European Union to request that Sunday be declared a day for family and rest.   “This is the right time to show that as European…

Sunday ban on door-to-door salesmen

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DOOR-to-door salesmen could be banned on Sundays as part of a national push to legislate a day of rest for families. Under the move by NSW Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge, Australian consumer laws would also be changed to make it illegal for salesmen to knock on doors after 6pm on weeknights and 5pm on…

German Court Enforces Day of Rest

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Germany’s Highest Court Strictly Enforces Day of Rest, Bans Sunday Shopping By SIOBHÁN DOWLING Dec. 3, 2009 — Many visitors to Germany can find themselves standing outside a closed department store, perplexed to find that they cannot do a bit of shopping during their weekend trip. This is a result of Germany’s long-held resistance to…

High court reaffirms ban on Sunday shopping

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Ruling in favor of the Catholic and Lutheran churches, Germany’s highest court has found that the city of Berlin’s ten shopping Sundays a year go against the constitutional protection of Sundays as a day of rest Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that shops must close on Sundays, and that legislation in Berlin allowing for…