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In article <1992Aug14.141612.29066@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> oaa@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (owen.a.alexander) writes:
>In article <65878@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0418c@prism.gatech.EDU (Shane Wm. McWhorter) writes:
>>I hope it is OBVIOUS to the other readers of this group that I do
>>not have something against "Christianity," but something against
>>a government agency enforcing with a police force, the religious
>>beliefs of others.

...

>You keep making the same assumption, that the law was imposed by
>"some religious zealots trying to take away your fun" (my intrepretation,
>not your words), without any evidence for that assumption except that the
>day in question is on Sunday.

I hate to do this, but...

factoid mode on---

Face it folks, we're (in Ga.) in the middle of the bible belt.  This "blue
law" about not selling alcoholic beverages on Sunday was so blatently
obviously instituted by Christian influence that it is absolutely absurd
to even consider the possibility that it was not.  Don't ask me to prove
it.  It's part of Southern culture.  If you don't believe it, that's fine
with me.  That just means you weren't raised in the South, or you weren't
paying attention.

factoid mode off---  opinion/nastalgic mode on---

What we have in the vast majority of churches I have attended (not all,
but most - I'm a Christian) is a collection of people who attend church,
listen to what the preacher says, and go home and believe every word the
preacher says without cracking the bible.  For the past MANY decades,
most preachers (especially Baptist) in the South have maintained that
alcohol is evil and not to be consumed (forget the zillions of references
to all those people - including Jesus - drinking wine without sin).  This
led to the enactment of the so-called "blue laws" that banned all alcohol
sales on Sunday - because it was "evil" and inappropriate for sale on the
"holy" day.  We affectionately call the type "Blue-haired ladies", or
"Bible-thumpers", reminiscent of Swaggart, et al.

What do you expect from mob rule where the mob is "Blue-haired bible-thumpers?"
If they bothered to read the Bible, they'd be drinking wine during communion,
not banning it's sale.  But that's what we got.
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