I'm mainly speaking from a personal perspective as someone who was knocked against a tree and thrown to the ground by an ex-stepfather for trying to refuse to g

I'm mainly speaking from a personal perspective as someone who was knocked against a tree and thrown to the ground by an ex-stepfather for trying to refuse to go to church on the Sabbath. There's also the history of Blue Laws in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law