Sunday as a “Uniform Day of Rest” in Project 2025Organizations, Agencies, and the Revival of Blue Laws in the United States What Project 2025 Actually Says About SundayProject 2025 is a 900+ page policy blueprint coordinated by The Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 conservative organizations, intended to guide the next conservative administration’s restructuring of the federal government .While the main Project 2025 document addresses administrative governance, a companion policy agenda released January 8, 2026, titled “Saving America by Saving the Family,” explicitly calls for the restoration of Sunday blue laws to establish a “uniform day of rest” across states and municipalities .The document frames Sunday observance as:Essential for family cohesionNecessary for worker protectionA means to restore social orderA response to declining birthrates and moral fragmentationCritically, Sunday is not presented as a neutral rest day (e.g., “any day chosen by the worker”) but as a shared national rhythm, explicitly rooted in Christian tradition . The Heritage Foundation: Central Architect Institutional RoleThe Heritage Foundation is the principal author and coordinating body behind Project 2025. It serves as:The primary policy drafterThe vetting authority for future federal appointeesThe ideological anchor for Christian nationalist policy integrationHeritage has openly argued that government neutrality toward religion has failed and that the state must actively reinforce moral norms, including Sunday rest . Sunday as Moral InfrastructureHeritage literature characterizes Sunday laws not merely as labor protections but as:“A shared moral structure necessary for the survival of the family and the nation.”This marks a shift away from First-Amendment neutrality toward state-endorsed religious rhythm.III. Coalition Organizations Promoting Sunday RestProject 2025 is not the work of Heritage alone. It represents a coalition effort. Family-Policy Advocacy OrganizationsThese groups promote Sunday laws under the banner of “family protection”:Family Research Council (FRC)Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)Concerned Women for America (CWA)American Principles ProjectThese organizations argue that:Sunday closures protect children from commercial exploitationSunday worship should be socially protectedEmployers should be discouraged from Sunday labor demandsWhile often framed in secular language, their policy papers explicitly reference Christian social teaching .2.Christian Nationalist NetworksSeveral Christian nationalist organizations have endorsed Project 2025 and its Sunday provisions:Council for National PolicyIntercessors for AmericaTurning Point FaithAmerican Family AssociationThese groupSend us your questions to be featured on the next podcast!Thank you for being part of the AskGod365 podcast community. We value you and appreciate greatly the time you are spending with us today. Please share your comments and questions at AskGod365.com Listen. Learn. Think. Grow. Together. AskGod365. Answers to life’s difficult questions.

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