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"Well, so are blue laws, but a number of your communities still have those. "

Most stores were closed on Sunday, due to blue laws.

As blue laws have faded, it's become easier to buy almost anything on a Sunday.

In some states, liquor sales are prohibited on Sunday by a blue law.

This was one of the four cases decided in 1961 that declared blue laws to be constitutional.

A grass-roots effort to roll back the blue laws is already taking hold.

Most stores are now open every day, since blue laws were repealed.

Blue laws may also prohibit retail activity on days other than Sunday.

He also announced that the state's blue laws would be strictly enforced.

But such is the legacy of New York's blue laws.

"Paramus would be just an awful place to live without the blue law," he said.

Blue laws controlled the whole life of the valley.

It is one of the last places in the United States to have such an extensive blue law.

A recent grass roots effort is attempting to bring an end to the last of the blue laws in Virginia.

Subsequently, however, voters in the nine other counties threw out their blue laws.

If Paramus residents want to keep their blue laws, they can."

The blue laws were only conveniences for them, not edicts.

He didn't think he wanted to live in a world where every day started with a Blue Law.

Sound advice and, faced with Clarksdale's blue laws, you don't have much choice.

The city's blue laws forbade public drinking and other activities on the Sabbath.

Large retailers say they do enough business in Paramus to have stores there despite the blue laws.

But you not understand that the voters will again and again vote to retain the blue laws.

In revenge, he has "blue laws" passed, among them is one requiring attendance at church on Sunday.

The blue laws are long gone, and with the increase in downtown residents, Stamford has developed a jumping night life.

The city's "blue law" prevented a game on Sunday.