Lawmaker proposes bill to close stores on Thanksgiving

St Louis Post Dispatch online ^ | 12/4/2012 | Elizabeth Crisp

[mykroar]

Missouri state Rep. Jeff Roorda, D-Barnhart, wants to stop Black Friday’s blitz on Thanksgiving, so he has proposed legislation that would bar most retail stores from opening on the holiday.

"Thanksgiving should be about families, not profit and greed. It's Thanksgiving Day, not Black Friday Eve,” Roorda said in a news release.

[cotton1706]

Are you serious? The article was about stores. Do you think at all??

[bgill]

Don’t discriminate. One employee is the same as the next.

[cotton1706]

Only in your mind apparently.

[SauronOfMordor]

The issue of Black Friday encroaching on Thanksgiving will sort itself out soon enough, when stores start having their BF specials on the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving.