Posted on 07/06/2006 11:35:38 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg
Hi all....
FReepers have been very helpful in the past and I wanted to touch base to see if you could help again.
Our city council is debating putting Sunday alcohol sales on the ballot, yet again. The matter has been defeated twice in the past few years, but they are considering the referendum again.
While I am a believer of seperation of church and state, I also believe in keeping the Sabbath holy....can this be reconciled? I'd appreciate any thoughts or comments on any experience any of you have had with this issue...
Georgia Dawg
What's the difference between a Baptist and a Lutheran?
If a Lutheran sees you in the liquor store, he'll probably talk to you.
Where were you when I got back from Vietnam?
Rights are not determined by consensus.
it is not reasonable that they should be forced to bow to the will of vocal minority.
You misplace the force, the force is from those who would violate rights, not by those who defend rights.
Such coercion of the majority applied broadly would lead to chaos and foolishly accomodates the wishes of the squeaky wheel at the expense of the wishes of everyone else.
The confusion is because you seem to see those who assert their rights as coercing those who would violate them by using government force to attain their wishes.
My rights are not determined by the majority or the minority, they belong to me, and are not broker-able by anyone else.
We should have a 3-day waiting period for alcohol sales.
Alcohol kills more people than firearms.
Alcohol is bad....mmmmkay.
Totally incorrect. Laws do not determine nor bestow rights.
That is precisely backwards. They can live any way they want. My asserting my rights without violating theirs is in no way forcing them to my preferences. It is the people who invoke government laws who are forcing their preferences on others.
Precisely backwards.
Nanny-stater.
Blue laws don't automatically turn a Christian belief into a cultural belief.
If they want to be comfortable they should just buy their shoes a half-size larger and leave us alone!
Any law needs to be examined with this in mind:
Is this law worth killing people over?
If the answer is no, then it needs to go away.
I liked this one myself....
If you are going to allow the government impede someone else's freedom, as a conservative, you should have a compelling and logical reason.
Leftists love to pass restrictive laws that don't have any real effect except controlling people. But it makes them feel better, and that's what counts.
What good do these Blue Laws do except make you feel better?
So tell me. What good do blue laws do?
I go with the legal standard of "clear and compelling" reasoning and throw in "logical" and "workable" when it comes to implementing or continuing legal restriction on freedom.
This is a basic tenet of conservatism. Not this hypocritical "well, this law makes little ole me feel warm and fuzzy, so we'll keep it" crap while we simultaneously condemn "feel-good" socialism.
The point, my fellow Freepers, is NOT if a law "inconveniences" YOU personally, it's a problem and if it doesn't, well, then that's okay. No, it's not okay. That's the same kind of short-sighted "for the chillldren" crapola that we get from the Left. It has no place here. We are supposed to have principles. When we use the word FREE, it is not just empty rhetoric.
It's what we are about.
..........and a big AMEN!
You, and the idiotic logic you try to force on others, are the prime reason people hate christians.
I don't know about your church, but mine has 8:00 service. It doesn't matter whether they were coming or going any more than it matters what day of the week they were bombed.
Oops, that's for you, linda! You were asking for the connection, get it? Drinking 'til you're bombed? Wouldn't it be freakin' hysterical is that's where the expression came from?
Precisely, because "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.