“Two Apple Stores in Bergen County, New Jersey are devising a way of getting around local ‘blue’ laws preventing shops from opening on Sundays, sources say,” MacNN reports.
“While the state technically abolished such restrictions in 1959, local jurisdictions were allowed to enforce their own laws favoring religions with Sunday observances,” MacNN reports. “The Garden State Plaza Apple Store in Paramus and the Tice’s Corner outlet in Woodcliff Lake are said to be Apple’s only US retail sites not open on Sundays.”
MacNN reports, “The stores are said to be planning to only offer services on Sundays, rather than products, since local blue laws are directed mostly at sales of goods.”
Full article here.
Damn! Even Texas got rid of their Blue Laws over twenty-five years ago. Somebody needs to sue those clowns and get rid of them.
I believe if there are laws set in place you need to abide by them. I love apple but they think they can do whatever they want, whenever they want but they are not above the law and especially not above God, whats the big deal with taking sunday off to go to church? These days I question so many things
IT’S THEIR STATE. LET THEM DO AS THEY PLEASE!! DAMN LIBERAL!
Anthony, if Apple isn’t selling stuff that is illegal, then there’s no problem, and Apple IS abiding by the law.
Try reading next time.
ridiculous- should be challenged in court – hours of operation should be controlled by local government for what constitutional purpose in this case? I can’t think of one
I bet stores in that county in NJ were open in the middle of the night for Black Friday.
ridiculous
dpr1861, (is that the year you’re stuck in?)
There are plenty of folks that are not religious. The Constitution SPECIFICALLY states that the government cannot favor religion in making laws, and it has been shown numerous times in several States that blue laws are Constitutionally illegal, because they discriminate in favor of religion.
If you want to go to church, then go. Let those that would rather shop do that. What is wrong with personal freedom? I thought conservatives were in favor of personal freedom and against the Government telling them what to do?
Hypocrite.
Anthony – cant tell if you are joking but not everyone is the same religion or worships on Sundays at a church and even so, having a store open does not mean that others can’t go to church if they want to, shopping is optional any day
I wonder if there are any casinos or strip clubs in those counties in NJ and I wonder if they are open on Sunday.
A little theme music for Mac fans in Jersey…
… enjoy!
I think Apple should be able to not only sell Macs on Sunday, but also booze. And the employees should be strippers and prostitutes. Damn those holy rollers to hell.
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And I thougth Provo Utah was bad. Hell, these people make the people in Provo look liberal.
@Lord of Darkness: I like the way you think.
@ Athoney
“whats the big deal with taking sunday off to go to church? “
Maybe I went to synagog on saturday? Should we close the stores on Saturday too?
“I believe if there are laws set in place you need to abide by them.”
I believe Apple stores ARE abiding by them. They are selling services not products.
@ploogman
“I wonder if there are any casinos or strip clubs in those counties in NJ and I wonder if they are open on Sunday.”
Hmm, wouldn’t casinos and clubs offer services and not products and thus be okay?
What is this, France?
@rwahrens
You are wrong. The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” This only prevented the FEDERAL government from forming a sanctioned RELIGION. It did not prevent the STATES from having a state-sponsored religion (e.g. Massachusetts until 1833). It also does not prevent any level of government from enacting laws which have a religious ethic behind them.
There are many municipal laws which are based on religious values which are still upheld as constitutional such as modesty laws.
The interpretation of the 1st amendment has taken broader meaning through CASE LAW, but what you are talking about is not implicit or explicit in the constitution, sorry.
I suspect that these municipalities may regulate hours of operation. They already do that for a whole variety of businesses. And, if the law doesn’t state a reason for it, I believe it is constitutional. If Apple can find a legal way to have the stores remain open, then that’s right, too. They could always sue the municipalities themselves but it doesn’t sound like they want to do that.
I live in Bergen county NJ. I think they should have Apple Stores open on a Sunday. However all 3 locations are in a mall. It’s pretty stupid to open up an entire mall just for an Apple store. It’s bad for other businesses who like to keep their stores closed.
Don’t be silly, jmmx. Anthony is a typical holy roller who believes Christianity is the only path, so only it deserves the day off. Silly Jews… They killed Christ. Every single one did, even ones born today.
I hope people understand I’m being sarcastic. Sad I have to point that out.
Dumb. No other word for it.
@Pqrs I am in no ways a holy roller. Im a firm believer in christ yes.. but I get out, I party and drink with the best of them. I just believe that if there is a law stating that you cannot open a store on a sunday, especially if its a damn mall, why try to get around it, theyre sitting on the second largest stack of cash in the world right now. Its funny how nobody believes there is a God anyway. Go out and take a look at ANYTHING and youll be able to tell something hand crafted the things before you. Call me whatever you want. I know when I got saved, my life was changed, you dont see me putting you down yet your hatefully downing something I believe. Im happier than ive ever been and its because I have Jesus in my life.. You DO have the right to believe what you want though
Just in case you hadn’t heard – there is NO GOD! No worries, we all will still endure and prosper.
One Day No Religion
http://february20.org/
MW: anything As in anything is possible without god.
I’m not sure why you all are talking about amendments! Commandments are critical here. From the second stone tablet,
which Moses broke because he thought God had totally just lost his mind, but now makes sense.
11th commandment: Thou shalt not buy electronics or software on Sunday, only have them serviced or repaired.
12th commandment: Thou shalt not take yourself so seriously as to not enjoy things like, oh, living your life, including Sunday purchases of electronics BTW, this is religion – contradictory things are not only fine, they are encouraged to confuse and obfuscate the masses
13th commandment: Thou shalt not spend all day in church on Sundays. Most services are only an hour – why the hell are you still hanging around after?!?! I have stuff to do. I gave you the great outdoors and NJ strip malls – go enjoy them!
14th commandment: Thou shalt not think I am such a preening idiot that doing anything but worshipping me on Sundays insults me. I am not a 13 year old girl.
15th commandment: Thou shalt not think that you know what I am thinking and make incredibly silly rules based on that. Just be a good person. I know following rules makes it easy to not worry about things like ethics and morality on your own, but come on! It is not that hard!
There is no circumvention here, idiot. They are following the law, period.
anaknipedro;
I am afraid you are sadly behind in that law you tout so handily.
Localities ARE covered under the First Amendment, their was an amendment, the 14th, I think, that applies Constitutional restrictions of that kind to the states and localities.
Those modesty laws are not based upon religion, but on local moral standards, which are quite different, legally, from religious standards. And many local laws that allow things or restrict things based upon religious ideals get kicked to the curb quite often when taken to court. It is just that there are often no local people with the money to take it to court.
As I said, blue laws in several States have been either taken to court and struck down as unconstitutional or dumped by the States themselves for similar reasons.
States ARE bound by the First Amendment. You are thinking about the Articles of Confederation, in which the States were superior to the Feds, but in our modern Constitution, that is reversed.
D’oh, I meant “there was” not “their was”…