Show Sunday taws Laws LawsTo To the Editor Edior of ot The Herald Does not this tendency to formulate Sunday laws help to forge the links of ot unity between church and state Does not the state by giving recognition recognition tion ton to a a a church idea in the shape of or ofa ora a a law undermine the principles that are the bulwarks of or this republic Why is Sunday given the preference Jefferson Jeferson says S it was meant ment by the framers of or the th constitution to compre hend bend within the mantel of or protection the th Jew the Gentile Gentle the Christian Christan and the Mohammedan the and the infidel of every denomination And yet the Seventh Day Adventist and the Jew have hav been bitten by the fangs of ot persecution in this country countr the lash lah In the hands of ot Christians Christans has smitten them The appropriation of national and state moneys m for religious purposes the th exemption of or church property from taxation the payment of ot chaplains to the army navy prisons legislative bodies etc et the teachings s of religion region in the public schools the enactment of f Sunday laws the proclamation of ot fast and thanksgiving days all go to show that the principle which sustains a separation of church and state is be e ing lug violated Rev R v Samuel Small Smal says I want to see the day when the te church shall be bethe bethe bethe the arbiter of all al legislation national state and municipal when the great churches curch s of Qt the country countr come together harmoniously and issue their edict and the legislative powers respect it i and nd enact it I into h o law Why is vice imprisoned but one day if I not for the purpose of giving prominence prominence prominence nence to church pretensions Wy Why does It I have greater privileges for six days in the week JOSEPH Mercur Utah |