Comments on: Erasing ‘Blue Laws’ to Help Economy

By: 3angelsmessage

3angelsmessage — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:29:12 +0000

I know that you hope that blue laws wil go extinct, but I must warn you that they will not. Instead they will be reinforced in all states and will include criminal penalty. I am a Christian person but, don’t get me wrong such actions and laws I do not encourage or approve.

This is how I see things: God doesn’t approve of one forcing ones beliefs on another person, for if he did he would simply force us all to obey him. Instead he allows us to choose what we wish to believe. If he doesn’t force us, How come we think we have the right to force anyone into believing what a certain group or person believes? It’s unjust and unfair to everyone’s conscience.

America is founded on revolutionaries who came here to escape from tyranny, of a persecuting empire Rome (check history for Roman Inquisition). Yet now we wish to do the same as they did? Reinforce a law that will only inevitably change America from being persecuted to persecuting.

I know that this might all come as a shock to you but, it’s true. A law will be set with restrictions for Sunday whether it’s called “blue laws” or hides under “family day” or whatever. This will happen no matter what, for it has been prophesized. Simply look around in the world, in the news, on how things are moving along for the world that seeks peace and standing “all” on common grounds. Sounds nice right! Watch out because through a mask of peace will come destruction.

Word to the wise do not resist to believe what I am saying, investigate and see for yourself.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:29:03 +0000

I live in Oklahoma where liquor stores are closed on Sundays. In my home county of Rogers County, restaurants cannot serve liquor on Sundays, or 6-point beer. In fact, only 3-point beer is sold in grocery and convenience stores. We go to Texas for 6-point beer, or buy the imports in our liquor stores. I live in Tulsa County now, where at least I can have a cosmo on Sunday if I want. These “Blue Laws” are so outdated. If private- or family-owned liquor stores want to close on Sundays, then they shouldn’t be required to be open. At least liquor or 6-point beer could be served in the grocery and convenient stores on Sundays. But this is the bible belt. Go figure. If my family wasn’t rooted here, I’d definitely be gone!

By: Cole

Cole — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:53:05 +0000

I live in a county that is dry. In fact, to acquire alcohol would require a nearly 2 hour drive in any direction (one direction just so happens to take you across the state line after about an hour.)

By: Marsha

Marsha — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:29:17 +0000

I grew up in a dry county in KY, went to college in a dry county in KY. Moved to CA where the bars and liquor stores close at 2am and reopen at 6am everyday. Stupid. Now I live in a county in TN where the liquor stores are closed on Sundays, but you can buy drinks in restaurants on Sundays, and you can buy beer in stores on Sundays. We were coming back from FL once on a Sunday and in GA couldn’t find anywhere to get a bottle of wine. We were pissed. So stupid. Sunday is just another day to me so why do I have to be punished for that?

By: Hound Doggy

Hound Doggy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:05:36 +0000

I lived in a small town in Kansas that was dry. Of course no bars…but private clubs could sell liquor. Membership to any “club” was $5.00. The membership overfloweth.
I’m now in Missouri….no alchey sales on Sunday….you just have to plan ahead.

By: CharlesP

CharlesP — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:15:03 +0000

Another Point of View on Blue Laws.

I was raised Seventh-Day Adventist and lived in Georgia, so I was terrified of the Blue Laws. SDA Church always taught us that the Blue Laws would be used to persecute the people worshiping on Saturday (God’s chosen day per the 10 commandments), just before Armageddon was nigh. They also warned us of the evil of rock music and somewhere along the way my comic books became evil and had to be burned… but I digress into bitter.

I’m thankfully past that viewpoint now.

By: Stephen P

Stephen P — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:18:14 +0000

@polomint38: actually I’m pretty sure that selling any book was prohibited. Newspapers were legal, books not.

By: polomint38

polomint38 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:22:42 +0000

In England and Wales before the Sunday Trading Act 1994, big business’ could not open on Sunday.

One of the weird rules was you could buy Newspapers, Magazines and any book EXCEPT THE BIBLE.

So basically Porn fine, God bad, these Xians are so f*cked up.

By: CGDH

CGDH — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:24:46 +0000

I grew up in CT and there's one other thing at work here. Many of the people who want to keep the Blue Laws are the people who own liquor stores (called "package stores" or "packies" here). Unlike other states, where most alcohol is sold in grocery stores or in big warehouse-like stores, most of CT's package stores are tiny, family-owned businesses. They want Sunday off so they don't have to work 7 days a week.

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:15:41 +0000

Bergen County New Jersey (just outside NYC) has a wholesale prohibition on all “wordly employment” on Sunday. Grocery stores can open, but one cannot purchase furniture, appliances, clothing, etc… and a grocery store that ordinarily sells certain electrical appliances (e.g. electric kettle, can opener etc..) must rope that portion of the store off and cannot sell those goods.