I take that risk every time I drive my car, regardless of the day or time I drive it.

Just because liquor and beer outlets are closed on Sunday, you think alcoholics have stopped drinking and driving?

AND, you don’t think people get drunk when they go to sports bars and chow-down on pitchers of beer and drive home?

Forget the “I was raised to think this way” bullcrap argument…if you and the Governor want all of us to have SAFER driving on Sunday, then BAN ALL SALES OF BEER AND LIQUOR ON SUNDAY…not just the ones in the retail stores.

If you’re going to attempt to be a “conservative,” start thinking like one, and, the Governor is included in this line of thought…

Agreed. This is something which constitutes a set of personal beliefs you have. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean it should translate into legislation which affects the entire citizenry of this state, including those who share different beliefs and values than you.

The repeal of blue laws won’t mean that all of a sudden federal officials are bursting into your home forcing you to purchase a six-pack of Coors Light on a Sunday afternoon. You can maintain your cultural values and spiritual beliefs, if you like, but opting to not purchase beer and wine on Sunday.

I’m as socially conservative as they come, and I understand the “cultural thing.” I also understand freedom with personal responsibility. Go back and study Constantine. Compare what he did to Christianity to what prohibition of alcohol sales in any form has achieved toward the demise of alcohol consumption.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: which of these does the blue laws promote? Government needs to get away from regulating alcohol sales.

Fair enough, fair enough.

erm, yes, there is reason to expect something to be different (and perhaps even a justification for doing so) because illicit drugs have far greater consequences than alcohol.

Lumping all “illicit” drugs together is oversimplifying (which I guess I did too).

700,000+ people get thrown in prison each year (on your and my dime) for possession of trivial amounts of marijuana. That when there’s no evidence that outlawing it accomplishes anything, as use rates are about the same here as they are in countries where it’s legal (and greater in some cases).

There’s another argument about whether weed has “greater” effects than alcohol (I say no), but it’s irrelevant here. What’s relevant is that use rates aren’t affected by police efforts while prison populations and taxpayer expense are.

Re: cocaine, heroin, etc., there’s not much good data on how police efforts affect usage rates. Mexico recently legalized cocaine and heroin, so there ought to be some studies on that in a couple of years.

And you can?

That is what I am saying. You wont understand. Its a cultural thing. You can not rationalize this issue with your own human reasoning.

Who are any of these people to decide when I can buy alcohol?

First of all, Its Georgia and its Football.

I also dont expect you to know anything about Campmeeting, Prayer Meeting, chuch on Sunday night, revival, church on Wednesday night, Dr. Nelson Price, Dr. Johnny Hunt, Dr. Paul L. Walker, Dr. Michael Ussef, Dr. David Cooper, Jentzen Franklin, Bishop Eddie Long, and a whole lot more that I dont have time to list. My point is as I said earlier, my explaination is one that you will not understand I guess its just a cultural thing. Maybe the way I was brought up. It takes two sets of eyes to see this thing.

I didn’t tell him when he could buy groceries. All I said was that excuse is not valid. Buying alcohol is not like buying a gun. It does not take long and it is available on every corner. This is not a new rule either. It comes in to play once a week, 52 days a year. I sometimes find myself cought without a drink in my refidgerator but it is not the end of the world. If I needed it that bad I would have bought it on Saturday.

erm, yes, there is reason to expect something to be different (and perhaps even a justification for doing so) because illicit drugs have far greater consequences than alcohol.

Can you tell me why it is immoral to come into the possession of alcohol but then actually drinking it is acceptable?

“This whole less government BS” good to know where you stand.

Who are YOU to decide when someone chooses to go grocery shopping?

This is not the wild west and the store is not 30 miles away. If you cant spare 5 minutes to swing into a gas station the other 6 days a week a buy your six pack then you probably dont have the time to drink in the first place.

I take that risk every time I drive my car, regardless of the day or time I drive it.

Just because liquor stores are closed on Sunday, you think alcoholics have stopped drinking and driving?