I love Sundays. I've been working like 65 hour work weeks and yet I have every single Sunday off. Why? I happen to work in the one town in the United States that adheres strictly to "Blue Laws". My whole county has blue laws but Paramus in particular has it's own version of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law
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In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court have held blue laws as constitutional numerous times due to allegedly secular rationalizations, even though the origin of the blue laws were for religious purposes. Blue laws are technically classed as "mala prohibita," or "harms created solely by the act of legislation" (as opposed to "mala in se" or "inherent wrongs"). Most blue laws have been repealed in the United States, although many states still ban the sale of alcoholic beverages or cars on Sundays. Bergen County, New Jersey is notable for their blue laws banning the sale of clothing, shoes, furniture, home supplies and appliances on Sundays kept through county-wide referendum.[1] Paramus, New Jersey has its own blue laws even more strict than the county itself, banning any type of secular employment on Sundays except necessity items such as food and gasoline.
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Makes me appreciate Sundays in a whole new way when it's literally my only time off.