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Re: Mormon bashing again
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:34:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
> Ben Roller wrote:
> > Here in the South alcohol can't be purchased on Sundays in a lot
> > of places. I can't think of any reason other than religious(2).
> > As far as I know there aren't any places that HAVE to close the
> > stores on Sunday but a some stores do close down, at least in the
> > mornings.
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> One that always does get me a bit of a laugh is that Massachusetts
> had the "blue laws" longer than the south. They didn't START to be
> dismantled totally until the 70s (in the late to mid 70s they broke
> down and allowed stores to open on Sunday from Thanksgiving to
> Christmas, and then only after 1:00 PM or some such).
Here in Texas, we were finally able to buy hardware on Sundays starting
in the mid-1980s. The only remnants of the blue laws that are left
that I can think of are (1) no purchase of alcohol (in wet
localities) on Sunday until noon and (2) car dealerships may only be
open on one weekend day, either Saturday or Sunday but not both.
CarMax tried to get around it, tried suing, and lost.
--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX
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| (...) One that always does get me a bit of a laugh is that Massachusetts had the "blue laws" longer than the south. They didn't START to be dismantled totally until the 70s (in the late to mid 70s they broke down and allowed stores to open on Sunday (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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