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"Seventh-day" means the observance of the original Sabbath, Saturday, is still a sacred obligation. Adventists argued that just as the rest of the Ten Commandments had not been revised, so also the injunction to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" remained in full force. But this theological point turned the young group into a powerful force for religious liberty. Growing into its full stature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these Adventists opposed Sunday laws on every side. Many were arrested for working on Sunday.<ref>And in one interesting case, a grocery store owner in Arkansas -- which had an exception to Sunday laws specifically for Adventists -- became an Adventist solely to gain Sunday business: the grocery store owner's son was Jerry Jones, owner of the [[Dallas Cowboys]].</ref>  In fighting against the real threat of a legally established National Day of worship, these Sabbatarians had to fight for their liberty on a daily basis. Soon, they were fighting for religious liberty on a broader, less parochial basis.

"Seventh-day" means the observance of the original Sabbath, Saturday, is still a sacred obligation. Adventists argued that just as the rest of the Ten Commandments had not been revised, so also the injunction to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" remained in full force. But this theological point turned the young group into a powerful force for religious liberty. Growing into its full stature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these Adventists opposed Sunday laws on every side. Many were arrested for working on Sunday.<ref>And in one interesting case, a grocery store owner in Arkansas -- which had an exception to Sunday laws specifically for Adventists -- became an Adventist solely to gain Sunday business: the grocery store owner's son was Jerry Jones, owner of the [[Dallas Cowboys]].</ref>  In fighting against the real threat of a legally established National Day of worship, these Sabbatarians had to fight for their liberty on a daily basis. Soon, they were fighting for religious liberty on a broader, less parochial basis.

The fear that other Protestants would establish a Christian Sunday expanded into opposition to the establishment of a "Christian" identity for the nation, and opposition to school prayer. This led to alliances with secularists in the American political spectrum.

The fear that other Protestants would establish a Christian Sunday expanded into opposition to the establishment of an enforced "Christian" character for the nation, and opposition to school prayer. This led to indirect alliances with secularists in the American political spectrum, proclaiming the [[separation of church and state]].

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