Comments on: The “Blue Law” Blues… http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Julia http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2876 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:06:37 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2876 yes, i knew you were kidding. I was too -- somewhat. :-) yes, i knew you were kidding. I was too — somewhat. :-)

]]> by: Rich Ireland http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2873 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:46:48 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2873 I too attend church and like you, I enjoy beer; but there are many that would just as soon see my right to drink it go away. Yes, I guess if we formed a human chain around the Bob Evans we would probably be preventing a few beer drinking/church going people from having breakfast,and maybe even a few atheists too. Let's call it collateral damage. Hopefully you know that my blog was meant to be humorous while also voicing a little frustration. The laws were put in place to appease the religious opposition to legalizing alcohol consumption after prohibition. In fact, the entire framework of the state's laws concerning beer goes back to that time with few changes. I too attend church and like you, I enjoy beer; but there are many that would just as soon see my right to drink it go away. Yes, I guess if we formed a human chain around the Bob Evans we would probably be preventing a few beer drinking/church going people from having breakfast,and maybe even a few atheists too. Let’s call it collateral damage.

Hopefully you know that my blog was meant to be humorous while also voicing a little frustration.

The laws were put in place to appease the religious opposition to legalizing alcohol consumption after prohibition. In fact, the entire framework of the state’s laws concerning beer goes back to that time with few changes.

]]> by: Julia http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2872 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:15:08 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2872 ummm... I agree with you, BUT you would be preaching to the choir (so to speak). What makes you think that church-going citizens don't like beer? we didn't right the law, afterall. ummm… I agree with you, BUT you would be preaching to the choir (so to speak). What makes you think that church-going citizens don’t like beer? we didn’t right the law, afterall.

]]> by: Ron Posey http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2863 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:29:56 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/08/28/the-%e2%80%9cblue-law%e2%80%9d-blues%e2%80%a6/#comment-2863 amen !?! Although, I would gladly wait until 1pm if I could just buy something over 6 % a.b.v. amen !?!
Although, I would gladly wait until 1pm if I could just buy something over 6 % a.b.v.

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