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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Violation of separation church and state????
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 17:11:57 EDT
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> I am originally from Massachusetts, where Blue Laws were in effect
> until two years ago.  There are still some left, for instance a
> store cannot sell liquor on Sunday.  It used to be that most stores
> couldn't be open at all.

I just have to add these two gems:

I graduated from college in 1982, and as of when I left Oxford, MS
(University of Mississippi is next door to the town), you could not
purchase any alcohol in any form on Sunday, nor could you purchase
playing cards, dice, or anything else that might lead to gambling.
I'll never forget my culture shock when we wanted to play Canasta
one night and were denied the purchase of two decks of cards at the
local convenience store.

Also, one may purchase hard liquor from liquor stores (NOT state-run,
surprisingly), and you can purchase liquor-by-the-drink, wine, and
beer in bars, but you CANNOT purchase COLD beer in stores; it must
be at room temperature!!  This was done by the upstanding citizenry
of the town to prevent their young folk from riding around in their
cars and drinking beer; so the young folk now have to drive about 
thirty minutes away to cross the county line to get cold beer and,
because enforcement is so stiff in their home county, they must
swill it all down while riding out to the local reservoir before
they come swerving their way back home.  Wonderful.

P.S.:  When I said no alcohol 'on Sunday', I should have clarified
it to mean 'between midnight Saturday and 8:00am Monday'.
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