love a long weekend but if the point is to go to church and pay due to the Invisible Man in the Sky . . . I'd rather be at the office. At least that has a purpose

When I was younger (1,000,000 years ago), stores in Chicago weren't open on holidays. Most stores were closed on Sunday -- not all restaurants, but a good percentage of them. As time has passed, almost everything is open on Sunday -- except Chik-Fil-A. I also noticed that if the board of directors was predominantly Christian (a total guess on my part), the Christian holidays were honored; if not Christian, then not so much. My personal 2 cents -- the large crowds indicate greed and avarice.

Closing on part this weekend gives people in retail to spend time with there families no matter what there belief system is. Some retail chains run there people raged, because they don't give a damn there people or families.

I vote for letting business decide. If your true to your beliefs you would be voting with your wallets.

It should be up to the business.

Businesses should do what is good for their business. If the majority of their community and employees are religious, it might be better business to close, lest the public see them as "anti" religion and all the employees call in sick to get out of working holidays. Likewise, it might be good business to stay open. It should be their choice. There shouldn't be a law mandating losing business for religion.

Obsolete. Business should no longer be restricted on days or hours. Owners should be able to decide for their own business though. Most US businesses are still impacted as in most areas. Sunday hours don't
begin until Noon (excepting major grocery chains). In my opinion, this is still because of religion, as most services are in the AM.

I grew up in the Peg. I remember grocery stores could only sell essentials on Sunday... eventually they were open as full service.
It’s pretty ridiculous considering Canada is a more secular country.
Here they are open every day except Christmas. My local grocery store is open 6am-midnight.

People who advocate closed stores on Sundays do it for religious reasons only. If you want to spend time with family, don’t shop. I do a lot of shopping on Sundays as do many... it’s always packed.

That sounds much more restrictive than in the US...or at least where I live, which is a very conservative area anyway. Retailers are all mostly open as far as I known. The only day where virtually everything shuts down is Christmas. I know of a handful of businesses that are closed on Sunday near me--a couple of restaurants, Hobby Lobby, a mobile home retailer. I'm sure a few more close on Easter, but I'm not aware of any. All the grocery stores are certainly open normal hours.

(As an aside, I'll never forget the Saturday before US Thanksgiving in 1996. It was my first day as a cashier, and I was on check stand 16 in a store that had only 16 registers. It was as if the store had been overrun. I hated working retail.)

If you are working for someone who doesn't give you a few days a week off you shouldn't work there.

If you are an employer you shouldn't overwork your employees because they might go crazy and then anything could happen, moral is important too.

There should be no restrictions to business based on anyone's religious beliefs.