Blue law
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Blue laws are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote th
Sabbath Eve, painting by Alexander Johnston
Sunday laws in Ontario, 1911
Sabbatarianism
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Sabbatarianism advocates the observation of the Sabbath in Christianity, in keeping with the Ten Commandments.
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…in recreational activities on Sundays. Erwin Fahlbusch and Geoffrey William Bromiley write that throughout their existence, organizations advocating first-day Sabbatarianism, such as the Lord's Day Alliance in North America and the Lord's Day Observance Society in the British Isles, were supported by labor unions in lobbying…
Christian denominations teaching first-day Sabbatarianism, such as the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, observe the Lord's Day as a day of worship and rest.
A monument of the Ten Commandments at the Texas State Capitol
Ethiopian Orthodox icon depicting St. George, the Crucifixion, as well as the Madonna and Child