Should retail stores be forced to observe relitious holidays

[LibraryLady]

...such as retail store closing on Good Friday/Easter/Christmas --or Yom Kippur or ?? in any other religion?

Decide what you think and then read this story.









from Canada:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/whole-foods-charged-for-opening-store-on-good-friday

[LibraryLady]

Ooops, darn mistyping in the title to this thread.

Should be religious holiday...................carry on..

[Red Oak]

No they should not be forced to do so.

Freedom of Religion cuts both ways; however it is the right thing to do by your employees to let them observe their Religious Holidays.

[GFB]

No, and everything should be open every day!

[GFB]

...such as retail store closing on Good Friday/Easter/Christmas --or Yom Kippur or ?? in any other religion?

Decide what you think and then read this story.









from Canada:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/whole-foods-charged-for-opening-store-on-good-friday

Bizarre story!

[millergrovesue]

Well, it is Canada. I know little about their laws. In my opinion no retail establishment should be told when it can be open or closed............including car dealers and liquor stores...........................well, but then you run into bars that could be open 24 hours a day if they wished. I guess a drunk on the road is as dangerous at 8 a.m. as at noon, or 10 p.m., or 2 a.m.

[ann jusko]

I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. There was no law about closing from noon till 3 pm on Good Friday. But everything did close down. Most of the churches had services during that time. It didn't matter what denomination. We didn't have a synagogue, but there were quite a few Jewish people who lived in town. It has carried through to my adult life. When we moved to Texas, I was appalled that it was quite a normal day, but churches had services in the evening. I'm still a half bubble off center from noon till 3 pm on Good Friday and won't go out during that time. I do go to services at my church that night.

[Kiamichi]

I doubt that religion in Canada has anything to do with people wanting those "blue laws" enforced. They also apply to secular holidays, after all. The motivation behind keeping them in place is always that business owners want to be able to close down without a competitor stealing a day's business from them.

[Houston]

Chick-Fil-A does pretty good being closed every Sunday.

[GFB]

Couldn't it be argued that keeping a business open is PART of how a person observes a religious holiday?

[Red Oak]

By serving Mammon ?

Good point.

[GFB]

By serving Mammon ?

Good point.

Had to look that one up..sounded like a seafood.

[GFB]

..but I do believe Capitalism is good and represents the best of what mankind has to offer.

[GFB]

..and for me, Sunday has always been as much of a work day as any other day.

[LibraryLady]

I didn't like the blue laws where they were on the books in Texas. I was happy when those laws were repealed.

However, I don't shop on Sunday unless I am in desperate circumstances. ...usually meaning I didn't have the time during the work week.
Now that I am retired, it is a VERY, VERY rare thing if I were to shop on a Sunday.

It is more about "a person should have a day of no demands/responsibilities" than it is for a religious reason.
I extend that courtesy to the retail workers--and 99% of the time, to the restaurant workers.

My nephew told me a story once...His inlaws were very conservative when it came to religion....but ate out after church every Sunday. On Sunday, over lunch at a restaurant, his FIL was on a rant about "people should not work on Sunday, companies should not do it" blah, blah. So, my nephew said, "But, aren't you making them work by expecting the restaurant to be open and serving you food on Sunday?" FIL didn't respond--but stopped inviting nephew to come to lunch with him on Sunday. LOL

[millergrovesue]

FIL didn't respond--but stopped inviting nephew to come to lunch with him on Sunday. LOL

Another great case of shooting the messenger. Hypocrites do not do well when they are shown a mirror.

[jellowrestling]

I had a paper route for two years, starting when I was 8 years old. Nobody seemed to care that I worked on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, July 4th and every other holiday, real or imagined. I got up at 4:30 to throw that route on New Year's Day after we had been up past midnight drinking champagne and Red Duck, too.

[jellowrestling]

...such as retail store closing on Good Friday/Easter/Christmas --or Yom Kippur or ?? in any other religion?

Decide what you think and then read this story.

from Canada:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/whole-foods-charged-for-opening-store-on-good-friday

Bizarre story!

Let me guess: Whole Foods isn't a union shop.