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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Question

By Rob Vischer

What is the Christian argument for a statewide ban on Sunday liquor sales?

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The Atlanta Journal Constitution also published a pro-con debate on this issue. The president of the Georgia Christian Coalition summarizes his group's opposition to allowing Sunday sales. See http://www.ajc.com/opinion/pro-con-should-georgia-838254.html

Georgia has a large number of people who are Southern Baptists. The Southern Baptist Convention SBC) encourages its members to abstain from alcohol consumption. The SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commersion has an article explaining why it believes Christians ought to abstain from alcohol at: http://erlc.com/article/the-believer-and-alcohol/

Since I now live in Georgia, I don't see that the Sunday ban does much to prevent drinking as one can buy alcohol at most restaurants, bars, and sports arenas on Sunday. About all it does do is make the grocery stores more crowded on Saturday as people who include alcohol as part of their weekly grocery shopping, flock to the stores on that day since they can't get everything in one trip on Sunday.