Do you support restrictions on when alcohol can be sold?

[dazzleman]

No.

North Carolina has Option 1, which is a clear violation of separation of church and state.

That's nonsense.  And North Carolina seems more liberal than Connecticut in that respect, since we don't allow alcohol sales at all on Sunday, including beer.

You must be one of those people who'd rather see pictures of two men having anal sex than see a nativity scene at Christmas.  There is something very twisted about the way church-state separation is applied by liberals today.

[dazzleman]

No, obviously not.  If you’re Christian and don’t want to drink on Sunday, that’s great!  But others may not share that belief, and Sunday is really their only day off, (my dad does yard work and other things most of Friday and Saturday.)

Besides, you’re not stopping people from drinking on Sunday; they can buy their beer on Saturday and enjoy it the next day.  All you’re doing is hurting business.

P.S. Dazzelman, I can see where you’re going with what you said, but I really think the first line of the last paragraph was way off.  People can be religious, without wanting it in their laws.

I don't think restriction of alcohol sales is really a church-state issue.  I think most of the time people raise church-state issues, it's a red herring.  Most people who complain about religion are only too happy to force their own brand of religion onto people.

At this point, at least up north, it's more a special interest issue than religious issue.  Up here, most liquor stores are privately owned, and the owners want Sundays off.  It is liquor store owners here who lobby in favor of restrictions on liquor sales.  They want to continue to control the market (liquor here can only be sold in separate liquor stores, not supermarkets, which are only allowed to sell beer) and they don't want to be forced to open on Sundays.  That's what drives the issue here, not religion.

[dazzleman]

Yes, and I agree with.  I just thought part of your post was rather harsh towards nclib.

Maybe it was harsh, but I get sick of seeing the meaning of the constitutional clause against the establishment of a state religion misused and distorted by people for their own agenda.

[dazzleman]

Aside from the obvious point that angus brought up, that Christianity is actually very pro-alcohol (one reason I can never be a Christian, I think drinking wine in church is deeply offensive)

This joke doesn't work that well outside a U.K context, but I like it anyway:

"A man ran through a crowded train looking very agitated, calling out, "Is there a Catholic priest on board?"

When he got no reply, he ran back up the train shouting, "Is there an Anglican priest on board?" Still no reply.

By now becoming more desparate, he ran down the train shouting, "Is there a Rabbi on board?"

Eventually, a gentleman stood up and said, "Can I be of any assistance, my friend? I'm a Methodist minister."

The man looked at him and said, "No, you're no bloody good. I need a corkscrew!"