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Atheists & Agnostics

LittleGirl

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3. When I lived

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 10:46 AM

Dec 2017

in Switzerland, everything was closed on Sundays except for gas stations along the highways and restaurants. Non-essentials were closed. Period.
A couple of times a year, the country or canton would vote for Sunday business hours (like the week before Christmas) and another in the spring or Summer or both.

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Christians Bullied Shop Owner to Stay Closed on Sundays [View all] NeoGreen Dec 2017 OP

Hmmm 3auld6phart Dec 2017 #1

"Just sitting in the house and reading that 'Book'"? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #6

No working on the Sabbath? SCVDem Dec 2017 #12

My stove has a "sabbath" mode JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #13

Really? No Joke? nt. druidity33 Dec 2017 #15

Not joking. Never used it, but came across it while reading the manual. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #16

Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #21

Damn Gideons stick to seedy hotel rooms. Historic NY Dec 2017 #2

When I lived LittleGirl Dec 2017 #3

Good for her for standing up to bullies. Bullies, no matter how it's done, are Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #4

This is a miracle, brothers & sisters. JNelson6563 Dec 2017 #5

I remember in the 70s in Texas you could go into a grocery store but only shop demigoddess Dec 2017 #7

Missouri, same decade: El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #8

I think you could buy beer after 12 noon on Sunday. Demtexan Dec 2017 #18

3.2 but it'll do. El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #22

Blue laws. Demtexan Dec 2017 #17

Orthodox areas of Brooklyn and Long Island force the shopkeepers to close on Saturdays. dhol82 Dec 2017 #9

My brother couldn't buy a car in Denver on a Sunday More_Cowbell Dec 2017 #10

Can't buy a car in Minnesota on Sumday forever Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #14

Colorado 1990s... El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #23

Yeah, nothing says charity (loving kindness) like bullying someone. n/t sarge43 Dec 2017 #11

Churches don't like competition. Mariana Dec 2017 #19

Why do these ilk assume that their god ... GeorgeGist Dec 2017 #20