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Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line

February 7, 2022 by Michael Peabody

International Date Line

How Seventh-day Adventists thrive amongst the most restrictive Sunday laws in the world.

Filed Under: History, International Tagged With: Geography, International Date Line, Sabbath, Saturday, Seventh-day Adventist, Sunday, Tonga

Why the EU Should Not Re-Integrate Sunday into the Working Time Directive

March 18, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Reintegrating Sunday into the European Union’s Working Time Directive would be unlawful, unconstitutional, and result in indirect discrimination says Brighton Kavaloh, founder and director of Adventreligio-legal Perspectives.

Filed Under: International, Labor Unions, Legislation, Work-Free Day Tagged With: European Sunday Alliance, European union, labor union, Sunday, working time directive

Black Friday and Blue Laws: Renewed Calls for Uniform Rest Days

November 29, 2012 by Michael Peabody

In a world of religious diversity coupled with a common system of of commerce, the institution of a common day of rest and its enforcement would necessarily require coercive methods to prevent individuals from carrying out interpersonal business activities, and place greater pressure on observers of other days of rest to violate their conscience by working on their rest days.

Filed Under: Current Events, Economics, Family, Work-Free Day Tagged With: Adventist, Black Friday, Blue laws, Catholic, liberty of conscience, orthodox, religious freedom, religious liberty, Sabbath, Sunday, Thanksgiving, UCCSB, weekly rest day

Israel Looking Into Making Sunday Day of Rest (Bloomberg)

July 20, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: Israel’s government is examining a proposal to shift the weekend to the western Saturday and Sunday, a step that may benefit financial markets and retail and leisure companies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week appointed Eugene Kandel, head of the National Economic Council, to look into the implications of changing the weekend from Friday […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, International, Politics, Religion, Work-Free Day Tagged With: Israel, Knesset, Sunday

Church, State, and the Postal Service: The Contentious History of Sunday Mail Delivery

May 12, 2011 by Michael Peabody

Between its inception in 1775 and 1912, postal employees delivered mail seven (7) days a week. In the early 1800s, religious leaders became concerned that employees were forced to work on the “Christian Sabbath,” or Sunday, and began to petition Congress to use its Article I powers to disallow Sunday delivery. This concern reached a fevered pitch in 1810 when Congress required post offices to open at least one hour on Sunday. Outraged that Congress had thus enforced Sunday desecration, religious leaders began to clamor for legislation that would outlaw Sunday operations.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Current Events, Economics, Employment Law, History Tagged With: Gideon Granger, Harmon Kingsbury, John Leland, Loma Linda, mail, postal, Sunday, Sunday sacredness, U.S. Mail, United States Postal Service, William Addison Blakeley, William Taft

Bishops insist on work-free Sunday protection by European Parliament (DI-VE)

November 26, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Communities (COMECE) on Thursday expressed its regret at the refusal to put to vote several amendments aimed at the inclusion of a work-free Sunday in the new Working Time Directive by the chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Economics, Politics, Religion Tagged With: Bishops, COMEE, EP, European Parliament, Sunday

The New Blue Laws – Slate.com

April 7, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Slate contributor and labor union attorney, Paul L. Edenfield, asks the questions as to workers have the right to have Sundays off. This may be the forerunner of additional trends in this area: The New Blue Laws They’re about giving workers a break, not forcing church attendance. By Paul L. Edenfield Updated Monday, April 7, […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, Legal Issues Tagged With: Religion, religious liberty, Sunday, workers' rights

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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— Bobby Jindal

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