All they do is force people to go the bar and drink, which increases the number of people driving drunk. If liquor stores were open on sunday, you could drink at home, and not be out driving.
besides why should people be forced to run errands on the sabbath just because the sun worshipers what their day off?
2007-09-26 09:17:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LDW: I'd rather rest with a beer... if I don't plan things correctly I am forced to drive after drinking... which doesn't contribute to safety. It would be much better to get the brew, come home and drink... but these laws that "promote health, safety, and morality" prevent that.
2007-09-26 09:34:16 · update #1
Gorgeoustxwoman: I've been to TX... it's weird... dry counties next to wet ones, and then there's the whole "bible belt" thing ...
2007-09-26 09:38:52 · update #2
Crazy Pirate, you know my pain, don't you?!
*hiccup*
Seriously, you bring up some very excellent points, but of course the Christians will just bleat on about how you shouldn't be drinking on the "Lord's Day" anyway.
2007-09-26 09:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Laws that prohibit certain businesses from opening on Sunday or from selling certain items on that day. Blue laws often apply to bars and to alcohol sales. Originally enacted to allow observation of Sunday as a Sabbath, blue laws have come under attack as violating the separation of church and state. The courts, however, have upheld most blue laws, on the basis that their observance has become secular and promotes Sunday as a day of rest and relaxation
American courts have considered these laws to be part of the state and local police power to promote health, safety, and morality
2007-09-26 09:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by Lisanne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We no longer have one here in Texas but there was one for many many years. It is supposed to be the Lord's day of rest or something like that.
When I was young and worked in retail, I was so glad we had to close on Sunday.
Liquor stores are still closed on Sunday, although you can buy beer and wine after noon at grocery stores.
2007-09-26 09:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats been the law in In. for many a year, Not that much of an inconvience at all Just buy what you want for home the day/night before.
2007-09-26 11:13:01 · answer #4 · answered by jenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, the no-booze-on-Sunday rules generally came from industry pressure; too many mill workers were coming in late or hung over or not at all on Mondays. In pre-industrial towns/cities, if any shops were open on Sundays, booze was just as available as anything else.
2007-09-26 09:22:51 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋