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Pennsylvania Newspaper: "Blue Laws are Obsolete - but had their Virtues"
The Times Leader reported:
• "Once upon a time, life was pretty quiet in Pennsylvania on Sundays. This was mostly the result of so-called 'blue laws' that prohibited many different types of activity on Sunday so that people could rest and turn their attention to religious observance." [1]
• "It was only in 1978 that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that most blue laws were unenforceable, and in the decades since, Sundays have become more and more like any other day." [1]
• "No question about it, the ability to shop and carry out other types of transactions on a Sunday has certain advantages. But it's hard not to feel that something has been lost when there is not a day in the week where the pace of life slows, we set aside the busyness that characterizes much of our lives, and we focus on our own well-being, or that of our friends or family." [1]
• "Blue laws may be obsolete, in some cases laughably so - no one seriously thinks anyone should be prevented from dribbling a basketball in their driveway on a Sunday anymore, or be stopped from mowing the grass. But those blue laws, and the peace and quiet they enforced, were not without their virtues." [1]
The news media has become the marketing department of Rome because they are essentially helping to disseminate the wine of Babylon. The purpose of the message is to permanently imprint on people's minds that Sunday is a day of rest and worship. Even though the Tribune-Democrat claims that the Blue Laws are obsolete, they are actually planting the seeds for their eventual resurgence. The dragon's spirit will also be revived when Sunday is restored.
"While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord's people may not have mercy or justice. The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon" (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 452).
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[1] https://www.timesleader.com/opinion/1620820/blue-laws-are-obsolete-but-had-their-virtues
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