I deliberately posted this under Religion.
2006-12-27 09:39:30 · 15 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For whoever asked: Yes, it is the Sunday alcohol restricter, I'm posting from West Virginia.
2006-12-27 09:49:10 · update #1
Look up "blue law" in Wikipedia. Wow, those are doozies.
2006-12-27 09:56:59 · update #2
We should have never had them in the first place.
2006-12-27 09:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely think Blue Laws should be done away with. I live in Texas. If I go to the grocery store on Saturday morning and buy a bottle of wine for dinner, no problem. If I go on Sunday morning and try to buy a bottle, no dice! You cant buy wine until after noon. This is to make sure I am not home drinking the vino instead of going to church. These laws are based on the idea of Sunday being "the Lords Day". Well, what if you are a Seventh Day Adventist and worship on Saturday? What if you are an atheist like me? It is a violation of seperation of church and state.
2006-12-27 09:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
YES! It was put into affect by christians, its religion mixed with politics. I also live in Texas, I think Dry counties should be done away with too, the prohibition was in the 1920s long gone, yet people established laws to prevent liquer into certian counties.
2006-12-27 09:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by shippochan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blue laws were put in place to legally enforce the religious doctrine of Sunday being a holy day.
All theocratic laws should be done away with.
2006-12-27 09:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being unsure of where you are posting from, the Blue Laws have been done away with around here. Long ago in fact.
2006-12-27 09:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yep, we should. Same goes for laws banning alcohol on Sunday's. Both laws are nothing more than religious fanatical laws that somehow assumes that EVERYONE is christian and should follow christian laws.
2006-12-27 09:41:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
These are all state and local and are only revocable through lobbying your state & local legislative bodies. They are really nonsensical, given the fact that labor laws now enforce a 40-hour work week.
2006-12-27 09:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Aside from alcohol, do they exist anymore?
I think the answer is most certainly yes!
2006-12-27 09:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-12-27 09:42:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would "Blue Law" cover whatever stupid law it is that says I can't buy real beer on a Sunday? Grrr.....
2006-12-27 09:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋