I think there are plenty of people that work on Thanksgiving. There are firemen, police, doctors, nurses, and many others that do work and have worked. When you take a job, you take the good and the bad. I worked in warehousing for a long time and in my early years, I spent a lot of time in the food industry, supplying restaurants. We worked holidays. Amazing how many people go out to eat on Thanksgiving. Those that supply the food are there, shipping it, preparing it, cleaning up behind them. It just is what it is. If you want that day to spend with family, request it off in advance or find an industry that does not open. I am against anyone attempting to restrict people's freedoms. If someone wants to shop on Thanksgiving and businesses want to open, that is their right. Personally, I rarely venture out on Thanksgiving, but I will order stuff online.