Congress and Religious Legislation
The fact that the World's Fair is opened on Sundays does not alter the position of the government in the matter of having established a precedent for religious legislation. The Pittsburg Gazette says, "The moral victory for Sabbath observance was won when Congress made Sunday closing obligatory upon the directory." That is an acknowledgment that Congress established by law a religious institution in defiance of the Constitution, which expressly forbids such legislation. But as evidence that no backward step has been taken by the government in the matter of assuming a religious function, it should be noted that neither of the courts dealing with the subject have recognized either a religious or an unconstitutional feature in the act of Congress. It is evident that the flagrant innovation by Congress in practically establishing a union of Church and State is here to stay, unmolested by either branch of the government.