Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!jmberkey From: jmberkey@watnow.waterloo.edu (J. Michael Berkley) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Sunday shopping Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 89 22:19:37 GMT References: <656@crk56.bnr.ca> <1989Dec20.175658.10717@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Reply-To: jmberkley@watnext.waterloo.edu Distribution: ont Organization: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 16 In-reply-to: golchowy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca's message of 20 Dec 89 17:56:58 GMT > On 20 Dec 89 17:56:58 GMT, golchowy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) said: In article <1989Dec20.175658.10717@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> golchowy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: GO> Sunday shopping does not force anyone to work on Sunday who GO> doesn't want to work on Sunday. The law prohibiting Sunday GO> shopping discriminates on the basis of religion and that is why it GO> should be eliminated. I don't remember stating any religious reasons against Sunday shopping. Why the big offensive on a side issue? The big issue here is the trust some people are willing to put in employers to not force people to work on Sunday or to not discriminate based on a willingness to work on Sunday. That kind of trust requires a lot of faith.