Sunday closing laws have become an increasingly controversial issue in various sections of the nation during the past year and it is anticipated that conflicts between religious and commercial groups over Sunday laws will grow more acute in the future, it was indicated in a new study issued today by the American Jewish Congress.
The report noted that while Sunday closing regulations have been on the statute books of most states and municipalities, particularly in the East and South, for a long time, “the past year has seen an intensification in the demand for new and more restrictive legislation. This has been met by stiffening resistance to such legislation by some religious groups as well as some commercial interests.”
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