2007-08-21 07:17:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The wine was exempt, and apparently there was a sudden increase in congregations!
2007-08-21 07:29:09 · answer #1 · answered by Efnissien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"But the National Prohibition Act, passed after ratification of the 18th Amendment, exempted wine "for sacramental purposes, or like religious rites." State prohibition laws, some of which survived into the 1960s, either had similar exemptions or at least were not enforced against religious users."
"Peyote, Wine and the First Amendment", Douglas Laycock : http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=886
"During Prohibition, wine was treated a little differently than other types of alcohol. ... This was due to the Volstead Act. Passed in the year before Prohibition began, it gave federal agents the ability to investigate and prosecute anyone caught in violation of Prohibition’s liquor laws. However, wines used for sacramental purposes were exempt under this act, allowing wine to slip through."
"Because of this act, limited amounts of wine could be made both at home and in wineries. Those made in wineries were only available for purchase through warehouses owned and monitored by the government. Also, wine was only allowed to be purchased for use in religious ceremonies, particularly mass. These rules didn’t keep wine drinkers from only using wine for legal purposes."
"A study performed in 1925, during the heart of Prohibition, found that demand for sacramental wine increased by 800,000 gallons in a two year period. Perhaps churchgoers were legitimately making this demand — prohibition brought out a religious revival of its own — but it’s far more likely that people were purchasing sacramental wine for other uses."
"Wine During Prohibition" : http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/09/075500.php
2007-08-21 15:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe. I've been in churches where they've used grape juice, no joke.
2007-08-21 14:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by misswrite1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were not included
they still drank wine
It's spelled wine- not whine as in a irritable crying child
2007-08-21 14:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. I would never have thought of it, and it is intriguing. Just gave you a star.
2007-08-21 15:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by Cabal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they sucked the priests d i c k s for juice
2007-08-21 15:22:57 · answer #6 · answered by Johan Kieft 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that is a great question i have never thought about that
2007-08-21 14:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by J Mac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sacristy wines were exempt.
2007-08-21 14:25:28 · answer #8 · answered by MontyH 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋