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
I'm in favor of this blue law. Of course, there was a time that most places were closed on Sunday.
The fact is that those who can't make it through Sunday without alcohol make a run for the liquor store before midnight on Saturday or get one of their military friends to get them on base to the BX. Then of course you can always order a drink at the neighborhood Applebee's after noon.
Again, this is not about being able to buy alcohol at a store. It is about being able to have an alcoholic drink with your Sunday meal.
I assume you have never gone to an NFL tailgate party.
So much for freedom.
And this Southern man is indebted to those Yankee newcomers for that very reason. I like 24 hour stores and being able to buy stuff on Sundays.
As long as there is a willing buyer and a willing seller for a legal product, why should anyone object to our transaction?
Like it or not, there are constitutional limits on gov't 'special treatments' of booze & guns. -- Or even "wirecutters"
We are all pledged to support & defend the US Constitution [as written] as our supreme law. --- I took an oath to do that when I joined the Army at 18. You question this principle?
Not at all. I question when state and federal laws clash.
You question Art VI's clear words?
"-- This Constitution, ----- shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ---- any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. --" ??
Wire cutters are against the law in TX, yet that's a violation of my right to bear arms. I don't have to arm myself with munitions in order to protect/arm myself.
That was the point of my statement.
One can kill less swiftly and deftly with wire cutters but one can kill, just the same, dead.
?? -- Your new 'wire cutter point' is still not clear. -- Try again.
Worth repeating.
The only way to make it stop is to stop denying that you're a statist.
Well that's up to the states and the local municipalities. Or at least it was. And that was the intent of the Framers. Federalist #45 is very clear on that. And if we are to determine the intent of the Framers, we must look to their writings, especially the ones written to convince the public to buy into the Constitution. I may disagree with the stance of blue laws but I find it interesting that until 20-25 years ago, no one had a problem with them.
I think most people plan ahead and will still have alcohol available for their meal. What did we ever do before 24 hour grocery and convenience stores?
You sure about that? Bars and strip joints are open on Sundays.
I'm sure buying alchohol at the grocery store is worse than watching naked women swing around a pole...
"Thou shalt not drink alcohol on the Sabbath."
Hmm. I can't find that commandment anywhere. BTW, this thread has nearly 400 freaking posts. Amazing for a no-brainer topic.
We are all empowered to ignore "the letter" of unconstitutional laws, -- by the pledge we all take to support the constitution, -- as it is written.
Agreed
What about unconstitutional constitutional Amendments? such as, the XIVth?
If we didn't have a bunch of people scared to death of freedom and crying out for more supervision by the state, things like this wouldn't happen.
I have enjoyed this thread, however.
Very instructive.
Tpaine, any amendment that was put into the constitution in violation of Article V, and the XIVth is one such amendment, is unconstitutional.
Sure, it's here to stay, and the Xth is too.
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