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Subject:	Re: Harry Potter getting left out
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sun, 9 Sep 2001 14:54:04 GMT
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:GJEG7x.Lt8@lugnet.com... > In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes: > > > > Who are "keep Sunday special"? Are they the same sort of nutters that we > > > have here in the US that force certain sorts of stores to be closed on > > > Sunday in certain jurisdictions and prevent certain sorts of merchandise > > > from being sold even if they are open? (for example here in Grand Rapids, no > > > stores can sell liquor before Noon on sundays. Talk about your unfair > > > restraint of trade... > > > The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could • and couldn't be sold on Sundays. > > Whilst for many years, much long after the US had changed, it was 'illegal' > for most shops to trade on Sunday, > > I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might > not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were > closed on Sundays and that this wasn't true in California. What time frame are > you talking about for the UK? The Sunday Trading Act that allowed stores to open on Sunday in the UK was as recent as 1994. regards lawrence

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		Re: Harry Potter getting left out
(...) The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1961 that blue laws enacted by states (and by extension municipalities, I presume) restricting various aspects of Sunday commerce were constitutional. I don't believe that that decision has ever been overturned, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Harry Potter getting left out
(...) Actually, most stores in the Netherlands still don't open on Sunday, some because of statute--church attendance is down almost 75% from just 20 years ago, so it's not an anti-secular thing anymore. I hear Belgium's the same way, as is much (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Harry Potter getting left out
(...) and couldn't be sold on Sundays. (...) for most shops to trade on Sunday, I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were closed on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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