# Laws against working on the Sabbath?

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> [@Thing.Fish](#):
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> In Illinois the time of morning at which it is legal for a store to start selling alcohol is a couple hours later on Sunday than the rest of the week

I was going to mention this, too, though it appears that it’s not a state law, but rather some municipalities which have laws about it, typically banning retail sales of alcohol until noon or thereabouts on Sundays.

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