Why you can’t buy cars on Sunday in (some parts of) Michigan - James David Dickson

Why you can’t buy cars on Sunday in (some parts of) Michigan - James David Dickson

• Auto sales are illegal on Sundays in Michigan’s largest counties.

"...News reports from the time show the law was not pushed by religious Michiganders trying to impose their views on others but rather by car dealers who wanted the day off.

Act 66 passed with immediate effect and was enacted on May 12, 1953...
As written, the 1953 law only applied to eight counties, those above 130,000 in population as of the latest U.S. Census. 

Today, 71 years later, the law applies in 17 counties:

• Berrien...
• Muskegon
• Oakland
• Ottawa...