Perdue: On Sunday beer, liquor sales Mar 28, 2008
A number of states have abolished their blue laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays. The result. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Colorado Legislature Repeals Prohibition-era Sunday Alcohol Sales Ban Mar 21, 2008
Consumers/Retailers Urge Governor to Sign Bill DENVER, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Coloradans in favor of ending outdated Blue Laws have reason to cheer as the State Legislature today passed Senate Bill 82, legislation repealing the state's archaic ban on Sunday alcohol sales. "This is a win for all the store owners and customers who took time out of their busy schedules to fight for this," said Jeanne McEvoy, owner of Aspen Leaf Liquor in Loveland. (PR Newswire)
Its time to end blue laws Mar 17, 2008
Its time to end blue laws - Mar. 16th, 2008. (Lima News, OH)
Winter blues: Color's duality lends itself to mixed emotions, conflicting traits Mar 10, 2008
How else to account for singing the blues, blue language, blue laws, the bluenose and something from out of the blue taking you down and out for a week. And what of blue ribbons, blue-sky days, the blue moon, the true-blue friend and my bright baby blues. (Missoulian, MT)
Britain's House of Lords abolishes blasphemy laws Mar 6, 2008
This week, the Massachusetts Legislature began consideration of a bill to phase out that state's blasphemy proscription, along with other outdated "blue laws.". Yesterday's vote in the House of Lords was an amendment to a broad proposed law on criminal justice that must still go back to the House of Commons for approval before taking effect. (Boston Globe)
Measure targets archaic blue laws Mar 5, 2008
The bill would repeal nearly two dozen so-called blue laws, which often deal with moral or religious issues. The laws are often considered outdated or even unconstitutional, but remain on the books. (Boston Globe)
You can win for losing Feb 27, 2008
Ours is a state with Blue Laws, hideous auto insurance regulations, chaotic roadways, and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Sullivan Rule. Maureen Sullivan is director of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce and a junior varsity girls' basketball coach at Concord-Carlisle in the Dual County League. (Boston Globe)
Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia Feb 16, 2008
The Old Blue Laws are just that OLD ... Georgia s blue laws remind us that in this state, church and state are not separate and have no hope of separating ... Worse than that, our blue laws mean that in Georgia, (state) religion means ONLY what the religious right says it means. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Despite public sentiment, Sundays likely to stay dry for now Feb 13, 2008
I my view, the mere existence, much less the perpetuation, of blue laws in the State of Georgia, are an affront to the fundamentals of my political and religious beliefs ... Blue laws were originally designed to enforce moral standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Have advice for Clinton? Feb 13, 2008
How would you advise Hillary Clinton. It's your chance to sound off on various topics. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Annexation likely option in Jackson Feb 11, 2008
" Voters decided Tuesday not to allow restaurants in the unincorporated parts of the county to serve alcohol on Sundays. The referendum, which was introduced in August, met with full-scale opposition from the members of a number of the county's churches. People who backed the measure said loosening the county's blue laws is necessary to attract new restaurants. And they've made that argument successfully over the past two years, as Jackson County went from a completely dry county to one that... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jackson says no to Sunday alcohol sales Feb 6, 2008
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A Very Elusive Embrace Feb 2, 2008
Gary Dunn is blessed by the state's blue laws, so he is legally prohibited from opening his Spiritus wine shop on Sundays. His shop is one of several high-end places Gottesdiener has in mind. (FOX61, CT)
Pilgrim Reflections Jan 24, 2008
And, businesses closed down on Sunday because it was The Lord s Day, not just because the blue laws forbid their being open. Could it be our nation, which is so divided on most everything, is under the wrath of God, partly because we ve removed the ancient landmarks. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Travel: The South's gambling spots Jan 3, 2008
The Blue Laws of my youth did not exist in the East Coast s gambling den. I now laugh at myself on that one, but to be fair, gambling dens (official ones at least) did not exist in the South when I was a child. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Blue Law needs review Dec 22, 2007
"Coal in their Secular Stockings!" I say "NO!" - to this change in "THE BLUE LAWS" ... " wrote on Dec 15, 2007 11:43 AM:" Blue Laws are "Just Fine" as they are - For the reasons which they exist. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Sunday laws and from where they come Dec 16, 2007
" Kris Kristofferson wrote those words in a song Johnny Cash helped to make famous. It occurs to me now that I used another song cash made famous last week, but it's purely coincidental. It's called "Sunday Morning Coming Down," for those of you who didn't guess it right away, and it came to mind the very morning I began writing this thing you're now (I hope still) reading. Not too long ago, one of the owners of one of the bars on the public square in Green Forest asked the city to lift its... (Newton County Times, AR)
More states debate end to blue laws Nov 30, 2007
How blue laws, which restrict what people and businesses can do on Sundays, have evolved ... 1961:The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of states to enact blue laws so long as their purpose was not religious ... An increasing number of states have been debating proposals to end or limit blue laws that place restrictions on Sundays whether it's alcohol sales in stores, auto sales, hunting or other activities. (USA Today)
Get over the food snobbery Nov 25, 2007
It was Sunday after church, and according to the blue laws then still in force, only one teeny store was open in Dickinson. My parents stayed in the car. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Call the place what it really is Nov 16, 2007
" I moved back here in 1975, when we still had blue laws. You could go to church, buy gasoline, and go to an "X" rated movie, but you could not buy diapers. Those aisles were cordoned off. Well here we are in the infancy of the 21st century, and we still can't buy beer in an off-sale, but we can in a restaurant, ironically ONLY the ones that are considered as "family friendly," and, god forbid, you can actually enjoy a beer after church services with your lunch! And Jim Mitzel, aka Rainbow... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Share the woods, save a hiker Nov 11, 2007
The ban, one of the state's Blue Laws, likely had its roots in the early colonists' desire to limit activities on the Sabbath. Now it serves the useful purpose of providing time even during the height of the season for hunting deer with shotguns, Nov. 26 to Dec. 8 this year in most of the state. (Boston Globe)
Open for business Nov 11, 2007
Closing on Sunday is tradition dating to the time of blue laws in the late 1700s; the laws prevented businesses in the U.S. colonies from selling certain goods on the day. But one local economic development official thinks it s a notion that might be outdated. (Montana Standard, MT)
Babies at risk: Memphis confronts infant mortality Nov 11, 2007
The grandfather observed the Sabbath on Saturday, and closed his shop then and worked instead on Sunday, in violation of city blue laws. One Sunday he was working on a wagon, chained to an anvil to keep it in place, when the cops showed up and ordered him to stop. (USA Today)
Alcohol bill may change Sunday fun Nov 10, 2007
Newly proposed change to blue laws may shift activities on day of rest. Issue date: 11/9/07 Section. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Bill takes a shot at repealing longtime Sunday hunting ban Nov 7, 2007
The ban is one of the last of the blue laws - the same code that outlaws frightening pigeons from another person's property, exhibiting albinos for profit, and kissing in public - and one of the few actually enforced. Lawmakers on Beacon Hill will consider a bill today that would repeal the hunting ban, sending it the way of the Sunday ban on alcohol sales and other Puritan-era laws. (Boston Globe)
Jackson church members oppose sales on Sunday Nov 7, 2007
Your Connection to the. Can we not reserve just one day out of seven for the taxpaying citizens of Jackson County who would like to be able to take their families to the restaurant of their choice on Sunday and enjoy a meal in an alcohol-free atmosphere. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Cox on Torre Oct 20, 2007
and joe torre was dispatched from the braves because joe torre liked the night life a bit too much back in the days of blue laws and sunday school classes underway before joe torre got home from the previous night. many will remember that joe torre went on to be a m.v.p. in st. louis and the braves continued to underwhelm. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
From the PG Archives: Steelers' Art Rooney in retrospect Oct 14, 2007
In 1933, a change in the Pennsylvania Blue Laws allowed professional sports to be played on Sunday, so Rooney bought into the NFL.. "I paid $2,500 for the franchise. If I held out, I probably could have gotten it for nothing," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Casino debate cultivatesnew attitude in Massachusetts Sep 18, 2007
Massachusetts' cultural reputation as a blue laws bastion has been eroding for years, as the state and much of the nation have grown steadily more secular and socially libertarian. To many, the real surprise may be that it wasn't until 1994 that the state let business owners open their doors before noon Sunday and that it wasn't until 2004 that the state let communities allow liquor stores to open regularly on Sundays. (Boston Globe)
Sundays spent at the Basement Sep 13, 2007
Given that for years the infamous blue laws prevented shopping in Boston department stores on Sundays, these memories hardly qualified these people as true longtime Basement aficionados. But their comments did make me a little sentimental - not for the Basement, but for those days when you went downtown on Sundays for church, a meal, or recreation only. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Residents fight to keep billboards out Sep 5, 2007
GALiberal,Are you a fan of the old Blue Laws. All were passed while the Democrats were in power - restricting the sale of adult beverages on Sunday, restricting businesses from opening on Sunday, and on and on. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
What if you won? Aug 30, 2007
Then I would pay an exorbitant amount of money to a liquor store to defy ridiculous Georgia blue laws and remain open on Sunday to sell me booze. Because everyone has a price. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In Wisconsin, when beer brewers talk, legislators listen Aug 18, 2007
Blaming Perdure for antiquated blue laws that have been here forever doesn't seem quite right either ... Thanks to our redneck Governor we still have blue laws ... That will be Sonny's lasting legacy - he upheld the blue laws. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Not lovin' it Aug 12, 2007
A donnybrook over late-night licensing makes clear that the stumbling block isn't the blue laws. It's the neighbors. (Boston Globe)
Letters to the Editor Jul 19, 2007
It is time that school policy was religion-neutral and Blue Laws were banished. However, the Anchorage School District High School Activities Handbook provides, "No school activities or practices will be held on Sundays or holidays." "Holidays" is not capitalized or defined, but one assumes that what is meant is school holidays. (Anchorage Daily News)
Oil and water don't mix, but they have much in common. Jul 10, 2007
Since gas stations weren't affected by "Blue Laws" (the laws dictating moral business practices and respect of the Sabbath) customers began to "Oh, thank heaven for 7-Eleven." On Sunday's and evenings when grocery stores were closed, customers purchased loaves of bread, packs of cigarettes, and quarts of milk or other basics at these mini markets. Eventually gas station service went the way of consumer self-service and even the best dressed among us found ourselves pumping gas and checking motor... (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Sanford vetoes children's Medicaid expansion and repeal of blue laws Jun 28, 2007
COLUMBIA - Gov. Mark Sanford reached wide and far with veto pen Wednesday, striking plans to expand a children's health program and attempts to end blue laws for retailers ... While Sanford said he supported the idea behind a provision in the budget that would suspend blue laws for one year, he vetoed it because that kind of major law change shouldn't be put in the budget and could threaten the rights of employees to refuse to work on Sunday for religious reasons ... Blue laws require retailers... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
A holy day for some: Just another day for others Jun 23, 2007
Jerry Barham, attorney and committee counsel for the House of Representatives, helped to repeal the "archaic" Mississippi blue laws in the early 1980s when he served as committee counsel back then ... Barham said before the Mississippi Legislature nixed the state blue laws, "you could sell milk, but perhaps you couldn't sell clothing." ... Early blue laws in colonial states prohibited activities such as shaving, cutting hair, kissing, having sexual intercourse and wearing lace and precious... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Former Mayor Jenkins dies Jun 9, 2007
As council colleagues, the two never agreed on the blue laws that kept stores closed on Sundays; Jenkins was for them, Carter against. But Jenkins' willingness to consider other viewpoints impressed Carter while they were school board members in the 1970s. (The Daily Reflector)
Letter: Strange is right about loud motorcycles May 31, 2007
However, in recent years, I had thought that these laws had been quietly repealed or were like some of the blue laws that time had passed by(not worthy of enforcement). With some motorcycle organizations touting the removal of mufflers(using the slogan: Loud Pipes Save Lives ), motorcycle TV shows not even attempting to use mufflers and hearing a number of cyclists saying they were going to change their pipes (read, put on a straight pipe), it is no wonder I was so amazed to read the phrase in... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Happy Mother's Day - love, your gangster son May 12, 2007
So amazing, Pistone recalled, that Bonanno member Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero once told him that the Mafia - like a suburban Jersey mall shuttered by blue laws - closed for business when Mother's Day arrived each May. No vendettas or broken bones. (AZCentral -- News)
'Rest' subject to interpretation May 5, 2007
One ancient Jewish tradition declares that "the world to come is characterized by the kind of holiness possessed by the Sabbath in this world. ... The Sabbath possesses a holiness like that of the world to come." That holiness sets the observant at odds with not only Little League baseball games and soccer tournaments but with lifestyle issues that present 21st century believers with challenges their early forbears didn't face, because Sunday "blue laws" regulated commerce in much of America... (Deseret News)
7 Days of Wine May 2, 2007
This opportunity to skirt the blue laws of our Puritan forefathers comes via a decades-old law designed to promote tourism for Connecticut wineries. Orchards can gain state designation as a "farm winery" if they make wine from the fruit they grow on the premises. (CTNow.com)
Sunday suds may flow earlier May 1, 2007
We can get a mimosa, we can get a cocktail, we can get a beer, we can get wine by 10 o'clock in the morning,'" said Goode, who has a BLT sandwich named in his honor on the Meg O'Malley's pub menu. "Melbourne's under the old blue laws at 1. "American blue laws -- some of which date to Puritan times and are so-named because of the color of paper they were printed on -- prohibit commercial activities on Sunday for religious reasons. Georgia bans Sunday off-premise alcohol sales altogether, for... (Florida Today)
Blue laws determined at local level in Miss. Apr 16, 2007
Blue laws determined at local level in Miss ... Blue laws determined at local level in Miss ... A: Mississippi indeed has blue laws, but they're enforced at the local, not the state level. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Editorial: Do we all have a right to buy a car on Sunday? Apr 13, 2007
When Rhode Island was taking a hard look at its Sunday blue laws a few years ago, liquor store owners were torn right down the middle. Those situated along the Massachusetts border spoke with unanimity. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
Sunday car sales bill draws a crowd Apr 12, 2007
" He said 47 percent of Toyotas nationwide are sold on weekends, with not quite half of those sold on Sundays. "It's a great advantage to a dealer to be open when the other state isn't," Belize told the panel. The Sunday auto sales dispute has been going on for several years but came to a head in 2005 after the General Assembly passed a law eliminating the Sunday sales blue laws. Some auto dealers argued that applied to them, even though there was a separate piece of legislation allowing Sunday... (Pawtucket Times, RI)
READERS WRITE Apr 3, 2007
But he favors all sorts of government regulation of the individual from the outlawing of abortion to blue laws. In his March 30 "Thinking right" column, he mocked those in favor of Sunday alcohol sales - or put another way, those against government control of when a law-abiding citizen can purchase a cold beer - by calling them "me centered - me, me, me.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Book roundup: Non-fiction, in brief Mar 22, 2007
He deals with the rise and fall of Puritan-inspired Blue Laws, so called either because of the blue paper they were first printed on, or because blue characterized their sober tone, which banned various forms of commerce on Sunday. The book is stuffed with forgotten history. (USA Today -- Life)
Yes to Sunday alcohol sales? Mar 15, 2007
A lot of the Blue Laws in this state are outdated anyway ... Time to do away with the Blue Laws. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sunday liquor sales clears committee, but don't toast yet Mar 14, 2007
Blue laws need to go away, and Christian groups need to ply their trade in churches, not legislatures ... The people should have the right to decide the issue as opposed to the bible belters imposing their morals and blue laws ... Anything that s been around this long (the blue laws) is bound to be somewhat controversial. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Let people vote on Sunday alcohol sales Mar 14, 2007
It is an antiquated regulation left over from the days of "Blue Laws," which prohibited work, commerce and recreation on Sundays. But such restrictions have no place in a pluralistic democracy, where religious views are diverse. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Booze laws called 'nanny state' Mar 12, 2007
Democrats, who controlled state government until 2002, have also been accused of being nannies outlawing gay marriage and sodomy, backing smoking bans and approving the blue laws prohibiting Sunday alcohol sales in the first place, long before Republicans took power ... So Baptists use grape juice and vote in blue laws ... Repeal the idiotic blue laws now. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Anderson County again ends Sunday closing laws Mar 7, 2007
County Council voted four to three last night to end the blue laws ... The blue laws prohibited most stores from selling retail items before 1:30 p-m on Sundays, with the exception of groceries and medicine. (FOX Carolina, SC)
"Merlot to Go" bill passes Senate Mar 1, 2007
It is long past time for this law and it is longer past time to relax the Sunday blue laws. My family has been in this state since the late 1700 s and I don t understand some of these oddities. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Committee approves portraits of civil rights leaders Feb 21, 2007
Wow now can we tackle the poor education, horrific traffic and out- dated blue laws. More wasted time and energy on spent the MUNDANE and trivial, says it all about The Great State of Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Economist sees value in religiosity Feb 10, 2007
He's done other research suggesting that elimination of blue laws cuts religious attendance, as people choose to shop Sundays ... But taken as a whole, his work makes the counterintuitive case that, since religious attendance benefits society and should be promoted, "You should be a little bit less favorable towards charitable subsidies [and] repealing the blue laws.". (Boston Globe)
Wolfson, one of Blues' original owners, dies Feb 5, 2007
His daughter, Anne Wolfson of Town and Country, said Wolfson successfully lobbied legislators to change "blue laws" that kept businesses in St. Louis from opening on Sundays. He was a board member of the St. Louis Jewish Federation and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation and a past president of the St. Louis Jewish Community Center. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
The exception to Georgia's Sunday blue laws: Military bases Feb 3, 2007
Federal military installations are exempt from Georgia's blue laws that prohibit the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor in stores and supermarkets on Sundays, a curious twist in the ongoing battle over whether to permit such sales. Georgia is one of only three states where Sunday alcohol sales except by the drink are banned, although a bill currently in a Senate committee would give voters a voice in deciding the issue. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Blue laws don't cover all bases Feb 3, 2007
The exception to Georgia's Sunday blue laws: Military bases Those with military ID can buy booze any day of the week ... Federal military installations are exempt from Georgia's blue laws that prohibit the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor in stores and supermarkets on Sundays, a curious twist in the ongoing battle over whether to permit such sales. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Liquor lobby tries to draft Georgians Feb 1, 2007
And now, a Super Bowl Sunday message from your friends in the liquor business: get rid of Georgia s Blue Laws or face the prospect of more boozeless big games in the future. The Washington D.C.- Distilled Spirits Council sent out a release Wednesday reminding Georgians that they won t be able to buy liquor on Sunday because of what it calls Georgia s outdated Blue Law banning alcohol sales. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Sunday alcohol sales may end up on ballot Jan 22, 2007
Like the majority of Georgians, at least according to a bevy of polls taken in recent weeks, Chesteine thinks Georgia's blue laws are outdated and need changing. One measure moving through the Georgia General Assembly could ease some of the restrictions on alcohol sales, or at least pass the decision to counties where voters could decide whether they should be allowed to buy beer and wine at stores on Sundays. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Sunday beer effort still alive. Jan 19, 2007
Most Georgians, Adelman said, see Blue laws prohibiting Sunday sales as "a vestige of a time gone by. I would hope Gov. Perdue's Libertarian streak would surface.". Another co-sponsor, Sen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Anderson County Council might get second crack at abolishing blue laws Jan 17, 2007
ANDERSON, S.C. - The blue laws might not be back for long in Anderson County. County Council Chairman Bob Waldrep hinted strongly at Tuesday's meeting that the council may have a new vote on whether to abolish the blue laws again ... That came after a December vote to get rid of the blue laws. (The State, SC -- Breaking News)
Support is growing statewide for Sunday hunting proposal Jan 11, 2007
com - Support is growing statewide for Sunday hunting proposal. Support is growing statewide for Sunday hunting proposal. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
