Do you support restrictions on when alcohol can be sold?

[MODU]

I'm a supporter of ABC stores. 

[MODU]

Christianity is actually very pro-alcohol (one reason I can never be a Christian, I think drinking wine in church is deeply offensive)

The only church I've been in where wine was actually consumed was in a Jewish synagogue, and that was during the bar mitzvah and not the normal service.  All the other churches I have been to have used grape juice except for one Catholic church I visited, but I couldn't tell exactly what it was.  hahaha

[MODU]

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!"

hahaha . . . that's cute.   

[MODU]

Anyway, like I said earlier, I'm in favor of ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) stores.  The states set up the limitations on the alcohol sold in the state (not quantity, but type) and let it go from there.  It makes cities and towns more appealing to begin with, since you don't come up on a street corner, seeing 3 of the 4 corners with huge "Alcohol" or "Beverage" signs pointing down at their front door.  Grocery stores would still be able to sell your beer and cheaper wine off the shelf, but everything else goes through the ABC.

Additionally, the state would get direct tax benefits from alcohol sales which, if the state was smart enough, would put into a separate pool of funds to run ads against drunk driving, pay for highway safety patrols, and other expenses usually caused by drunks having accidents.