Freedom Flyer 13

Robert Metz: "The argument that one is forced to work on any particular day of the week is preposterous. What we're dealing with here is an obligation that a particular employee may happen to make to an employer. If he doesn't like the obligation, he has the freedom in this country to go to another employer. That is what freedom of choice is about.

"Believe me, there are a lot of people quite willing and able and ready to work on Sundays. What we're saying by our laws is that these people don't have the right to do that and that other people who don't want to work on Sundays should nevertheless have the right to hold that job up. And it certainly isn't a just or proper way of dealing with an issue."

"Laws of this nature really breed a disrespect for other types of laws. When a store owner knows that he can be treated the same as a criminal simply for peacefully operating his store on a Sunday, then there isn't a distinction anymore between being a criminal and being an honest businessman.

"It's time that these kinds of laws were dropped, that we start recognizing our rights, that we start looking at politicians to defend our rights instead of defending someone's particular interest, which is what we're really seeing at play here. Let everyone choose on their own and be responsible for their own choices.