Keep Sunday Special denounced retail campaign as fundamentally ‘anti-children' and ‘anti-social' and voiced fears that any change in trading laws might require parents to work on Sunday, limiting the time they can spend with their children.
The church campaign aims to restore Sunday as the traditional day of rest and argues the proposed extension to Sunday shopping hours will disrupt a stabile society where children are able to grow up with full parental support and input.
“Christianity is a relational religion. Relationships are the most important thing in people's lives and are key to self-worth, identity and security,” said Dr Michael Schluter, Chairman of KSS.
Dr Schluter highlighted a recent NOP poll in which 75 per cent of respondents said they would prefer a shared day off with only smaller shops open on Sunday as opposed to round-the-clock shopping hours.
The Keep Time For Children initiative also found 1.4 million parents with dependent children in regular work on both Saturday and Sunday, meaning they spend less than one full day with their children during the school week, reported The Church of England Newspaper.
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