I still can't buy it before noon on Sundays. Suck it up, Georgia.

I expected to read some nonsense about a judge overturning the vote or something. I was happy to see its something that will be resolved "soon".

Truly a war on Christianity.

Well maybe they shouldn't be such alcoholics then, huh?

It could take WEEKS to turn on the lights in the beer aisle at Publix. And don't even think about trying to move the 4 shopping carts blocking the aisles at local Krogers.

You can't buy your alcohol on any of the 6 other days?
This is inconvenient! Let's occupy something with tents!

Kumana Wanalaia: Truly a war on Christianity.

What!? why is that?

Gee Subtard, can you name three types of general elections whose results go into effect immediately?

A prime example of the Puritans clinging on to the last desperate measures they have to deny people their right to seek pleasure. The ban was lifted. There is no more reason it should still be in effect. That is what the people voted for and demand. The Puritans will still hide behind bureaucratic excuses, but that's all it is.

We in washington have to wait until next summer before we can have private liquor sales. Hearing about a delay of a few weeks is asinine.

BummerDuck: Kumana Wanalaia: Truly a war on Christianity.

What!? why is that?

You got your sarcasm in my poe's law!

You got your poe's law in my sarcasm!

R.A.Danny: I can buy booze at a gas station at 6:00 AM on a Sunday.

Or any other time I think.


The thing in most of these cities and counties you can buy 24/6, Sunday will be the only day of the week with time restrictions.

Badgers: You can't buy your alcohol on any of the 6 other days?
This is inconvenient! Let's occupy something with tents!

2/10

adenosine: We in washington have to wait until next summer before we can have private liquor sales. Hearing about a delay of a few weeks is asinine.

As a Washington resident, I voted Yes to allow private liquor sales. You would have thought initiative 1183 was the Legalize-whiskey-for-12-year-olds law, the way the moral scolds propagandized it. I'm glad it passed so successfully. Too bad we have to wait for more Purtan bureaucrats to dot the i's and cross the t's. I should be able to go to Costco and get my Gray Goose today!

I feel your pain. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is around here, I can't buy booze between 2am and 6am. Somehow I suffer through.

/California.
//Yes, we're better than you.

Well, you have to get enough employees to cover sundays. So that takes at least a little while.

What the other issues might be, I have no idea.

Honest Bender: I feel your pain. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is around here, I can't buy booze between 2am and 6am. Somehow I suffer through.

/California.
//Yes, we're better than you.

2am-7am here. That law at least makes some sense to me. The Sunday morning one doesn't, but it's not a big inconvenience.

/lived in a dry town before

Free booze every Sunday at the church. They call it 'the blood of christ' to fool the cops. Even kids can get hammered there. The kids complain about their butt hole feeling sore from all the alcohol.

/Free cookies too.

That's one thing I've never understood about these laws. I've met Christians who believe it's okay to drink. I've met Christians who believe they should never drink. But I've never met a Christian who believes it's okay to drink everyday except Sunday.

Think that's bad check out Texas and specifically Dallas. They had to invalidate voter results because the F*ING maps were so old from when the bans were approved before nobody knew which part of the city had to say yes this time. While this may sound crazy alcohol sales are something better left to the Feds so it can be consistent across the country. There is no reason for every state to have their own version of what can and can't be served other then to pander to MADD-like organizations that do better by divide and conquer. Just say No to Local Beer/Wine/Liquor laws.

it's not specifically religious people. i'm a christian & i'd support it being passed.

Most of what I heard on local news was that liquor store owners were griping about having to open for another day. People and their lazy habits.

Just because we are currently doing something that we always have done does not make it right. It sure as hell does not make it moral.

Confabulat: Religious people, forcing their bullshiat into laws for over a century milenia.

ftfy

Orthodox: That's one thing I've never understood about these laws. I've met Christians who believe it's okay to drink. I've met Christians who believe they should never drink. But I've never met a Christian who believes it's okay to drink everyday except Sunday.

The Christians who do not drink are typically Baptists. They usually don't read the Gospels so would not know why wine is considered sacred.

Badgers: You can't buy your alcohol on any of the 6 other days?
This is inconvenient! Let's occupy something with tents!

Some people work jobs that keep them from shopping during the week.

I think the serious alcoholics have it figured out and stock up on the booze before Sunday. The Blue Laws really hinder people who merely need a bottle of wine (because they don't sell it by the 2/3 cup) to make a dish for Sunday dinner, which is around noon in the South.

/irony

Confabulat: Religious people, forcing their bullshiat into laws for over a century. Sunday liquor laws are the worst.

Keep your religion out of my booze, you filthy Christians!

If it was anything like Colorado before the Sunday Sale ban was lifted, the opposition came mostly from the liquor store owners themselves as well as bars that up until that time would have a monopoly on Sunday liquor sales.

Religion and or some sort of misguided "progressiveness" back in the day may have gotten the law on the books but there are many more forces lined up keeping things at the status quo.

You should be going to church instead of drinking! And praying for the rest of the day. What ever happened to a peaceful, quiet Sunday, filled with tranquil thought, rest and meditation? Secularity has ruined lives.

/Jewish, so I guess s/Sunday/Saturday/
//had beer with breakfast, so I guess fark it

fredsnake: it's not specifically religious people. i'm a christian & i'd support it being passed.

So you're claiming the support base for these laws is not religious?

In 1989, in Holland, MI, it was illegal to purchase alcohol on Sundays. (In Zeeland, right next door, I believe it still is) I found a bar/restraunt that was open, and wanted a beer with my lunch. I was told by the waitress that it was illegal for me to have a beer. However, I could have all the bloody marys/liquor I wanted, just no beer or wine. Weird, huh?

/it was also illegal to mow your yard on Sunday
//don't live there any more

ZAZ: Also, if we vote to repeal Obama next year, Bachmann still can't take office until January.

I see someone been drinking

misanthropic1: fredsnake: it's not specifically religious people. i'm a christian & i'd support it being passed.

So you're claiming the support base for these laws is not religious?

In Colorado it wasn't.

Ok, slight correction, maybe the rank and file voters that turned out to oppose lifting the laws were primarily religious, but the legislative lobbying and money that riled them up in the first place came from entrenched business interests, led by the actual liquor store owners the laws would affect.

ctrl+f "christian"
ctrl+f "blue laws"
ctrl+f "anyone that gives a shiat."

Lot's of trolling in this thread...

Makes no sense not selling the one day your not at work. Pick another day.

shower_in_my_socks: To the 18% who voted AGAINST overturning this, one question:

WHY ARE YOU AGAINST ALCOHOL SALES ON SUNDAYS?

I have my suspicions, but I'd like to see one of you actually type it out.

I have a feeling ther answer is along the lines of "Won't somebody think of the children?!".

rev. dave: Most of what I heard on local news was that liquor store owners were griping about having to open for another day. People and their lazy habits.

It's worse than that - the reason it took so long to get this passed was that the prior governor was firmly in the pocket of a big liquor store retailer, who didn't want to have to pay staff on Sundays while the grocery and convenience stores could sell on Sundays with no significant increase in labor costs.

Of course, when threatening to veto the law (which preempted its passage for almost 8 years), he couched it in moral and religious arguments.

In other words, fark that guy.

I must be REALLY spoiled living in Las Vegas. I'm 4 minute car ride to a liquor store that is open 24/7/365 and has selection that is second to none.