# Secular America

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-america/666330>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 15, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-america/666330 "2013-08-15T17:45:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secular-america/666330/101 "2013-08-21T10:32:38Z")

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> [@Apollyon](#):
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> One oddness I recall was that magazines were OK, but books were not… with the result that on Sunday one could not purchase a bible, but could buy a _Playboy_. 🙂

**toiling**  
present participle of toil (Verb)

[ul]  
[li]Work extremely hard or incessantly.[/li][li]Move slowly and with difficulty.[/li][/ul]

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