Is A National Sunday Law Coming Soon The Eternal Gospel Church Weighs In On The Ever Growing Controversy

Today, a National Sunday Law is being agitated under the guise of "saving the family" and the "economy." Does this mean that a religious test will soon be required by law? The Eternal Gospel Church, a ministry founded in 1992 by Seventh-day Adventist Believers, has recently published a full-page ad in the USA Today, New York Times, LA Times, and the Tampa Tribune on the controversial and complex issue surrounding Sunday Laws.U.S. President Barack Obama, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pray together at a Catholic charity event on October 18" In matters of conscience the majority has no power."West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 27, 2012"The re-institution of a National Sunday Law would help save the workers, the family, and the economy. This is what the churches, the governments, the secular media, and the labor unions are lobbying for today," says Pastor Raphael Perez of the Eternal Gospel Church. He says his church, which is a member of the General Assembly of Free Seventh-day Adventists, has been on a nation wide newspaper campaign to raise awareness to what he calls "a revival of religious/political ideas of medieval times that are a threat to civil and religious liberties."Pastor Raphael Perez cites several recent newspaper articles in which he sees society trying to reestablish Sunday as a national day of worship and rest. For example, Perez says that the USA Today newspaperrecently endorsed Sunday observance by law in an article written by Gladys Edmunds on Oct. 24, 2007 entitled: "Better Take a Break, Or You'll Break Down." In this article, the columnist reminisced about a "time when almost all retail establishments recognized Sunday as a day of Sabbath and rest from work. They honored and respected that day by closing." She concluded the article by giving one possible solution: "Shut yourself down for a day of rest." And if not one would suffer the consequences of resting by "force."A similar article appeared in the Wall Street Journal by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway entitled: "The decline of the Sabbath in America: Less praying, more working and playing." This article published June 15, 20017 and was circulated nation-wide promoting Sunday-keeping and Sunday closing laws as necessary for saving our culture.A World-wide PhenomenaThe Eternal Gospel Church claims that there is a world-wide call to restore Sunday as the day of rest through civil legislation. They claim that laws are being agitated that would compel people to observe Sunday by refraining from work; and, that the media is complicit in this because they only give one side to this issue. Look at a few of these headlines: "National Back to Church Sunday Set for Sept. 18 Across America," PRWeb.com, Sept. 14, 2011"Sunday Shopping banned in Croatia," Associated Press, July 15, 2007"Louisiana Barber Ticketed for Working on Sunday," FoxNews.com, May 27, 2008"Sunday Shopping? France Says No," Time Magazine, Dec. 17, 2008"New Sunday Shopping Rules Make No Sense," Winnipeg Sun [Canada], May 23, 2012"Do we really need more Sunday shopping hours?" Express and they serve and satisfy the religious predispositions of our Christian communities."Also Charles Spurgeon, the famous 19th Century Baptist preacher, sums up his dissent against Sunday Laws when he said: "I am ashamed of some Christians because they have so much dependence on Parliament (government) and the law of the land. As to getting the law of the land to touch religion, we earnestly cry, 'Hands off! Leave us alone!' Your Sunday bills (Laws) and all other forms of act-of-Parliament religion seem to me to be all wrong." American State Papers, Bearing on Sunday Legislation, p. 737."Remember that religious legislation, regardless of how innocent or beneficial it may appear, always seems to bring persecution to minority groups," explains Pastor Raphael Perez. Perez feels that he is in the minority group because His church keeps the Seventh-day, or Saturday, as the Sabbath instead of Sunday. He concludes by reiterating a call to religious liberty and calls for toleration, "America became great because if its free institutions. Our U.S. Constitution forbids the establishment of a state church and forbids the church from using the state to punish the voice of dissent. These principles established by the Founding Fathers made this nation a bastion of liberty, freedom, and justice for all.About The Eternal Gospel Church: Eternal Gospel Church was founded in 1992 by Seventh-day Adventist Believers, and has been engaged in a world-wide newspaper campaign for over 20 years with the goal of teaching people about the sensitive nature, complexities, and history of Sunday Laws. Their most recent full-page ads were published in the USA Today, the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Tampa Tribune. Their mission is to protect the spirit of liberty and encourage religious and civil liberty. The Eternal Gospel Church works in collaboration with the General Assembly of Free Seventh-day Adventists.Source.