Why do blue laws still exist?

[BattleshipTexas]

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[HORN_FAN_86]

In Alabama we still have wet and dry counties and portions of counties. My county is wet, except for Sundays, but within the city limits its wet on Sundays. Confusing as hell.

 

[WhiteH2O Horn]

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[Aces_Full]

I've seen that New Braunfels Sunday drinking law enforced before on a buddy of mine. But I guarantee you that if I'm floating the river on a Sunday, I'm drinking before noon. Dumb law...needs to be changed.

 

[Statalyzer]

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[airportlobby]

My dad drove a cab nights for a long time. Blue laws were the bane of his existence. As if earning a living as a cab driver wasn't proof enough of the universe's hostility, it just seemed ineffably cruel to deny him a few quitting time beers on Sunday morning before kick-off.

 

[alden]

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[Pentaconta]

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[HornsOverIthaca]

Same things in NY. Liquor stores aren't allowed to sell beer.

 

[CTGA_Horn]

One of the interesting things about blue laws is that they sometimes persist in places that are particularly secular in their current politics. In Connecticut you can't buy beer, wine, or liquor all day Sunday.

As it is a small state, a large amount of business goes across its borders.

 

[jadedscenester]

i had a cashier job at HEB for almost a year in my sophomore to junior year at UT, and worked quite a few sunday mornings. the register wouldn't let you ring alcohol up, even cooking sherry and marsala both of which are pretty undrinkable.

unless it was someone with several cases of beer and nothing else, or if there was a person behind in line that i thought would notice and bring too much attention to the situation, i'd just let it pass unchecked.

 

[Dogbert]

Blue laws still exist because irresponsible suburban parents are taking their young girls in for bikini waxes on Sunday.

 

[RoyalTennenhorn]

As of July 1st, Colorado did away with it's law against buying real beer, wine, and liquor on Sundays.

Until then, you could only buy 3.2% beer on Sundays. Now, grocery stores are still only allowed to sell 3.2% beer but they don't even have the "advantage" of being the only place to buy beer on Sundays. Because of the 3.2% law, there are liquor stores EVERYWHERE here (Google Maps lists 20 within 4.5 miles of my semi-suburban home), so I'm not sure who the hell buys beer at the grocery store now.

The whole thing just seems completely stupid because I can now buy any kind of booze that I want, on any day of the week (although I'm not sure what time they open after they close at midnight) but the grocery stores don't get any of the action. I mean, at least I can be more drunk now, but I don't understand why they couldn't end the 3.2% restriction.