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From: mcb8391@acf4.UUCP (mike b)
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Subject: Re: Violation of separation church and state????
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 17:21:00 EDT
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blue laws have been decided on by the Supreme Court.  I do not have
the name of the case with me right now, however and will get back to you
on that.  The jist of the decision was, in fact, that blue laws are
constitutional.  The original law contained religious references (such as
references to 'The Lord's Day') and is clearly supportive of religious
purposes.  However, the court decided to interpret the law in such a manner:
there are legitimate purposes for declaring 'a day of rest' as regards
doing business on any day of the week, and as long as the state does have
these secular purposes in mind, and not religious ones, this kind of
legislation is legitimate.  This was not one of their more finely reasoned
cases, given the obvious religious nature of the law, but what can you do.
			Mike Bassman