"Holiness" goes Mainstream in USA

[Brad Murphy]

This is ridiculous... but blue laws are ridiculous as well. I remember stopping in a Wal-Mart in South Carolina on a Sunday two or three years ago and the entire store was roped off (I think everything but the food items).

Frankly, I was offended that I could not buy anything and will make every effort to not end up even driving through that town or county or whatever it was again. I can't imagine what you have to do if you have a flat tire or something in that backwards place on a Sunday.

[whoami]

Originally Posted by Brad Murphy

This is ridiculous... but blue laws are ridiculous as well. I remember stopping in a Wal-Mart in South Carolina on a Sunday two or three years ago and the entire store was roped off (I think everything but the food items).

Frankly, I was offended that I could not buy anything and will make every effort to not end up even driving through that town or county or whatever it was again. I can't imagine what you have to do if you have a flat tire or something in that backwards place on a Sunday.

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

[Brad Murphy]

Originally Posted by whoami

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

Looks like the county finally repealed it, here is an article about them repealing it... http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/21234290/detail.html

Also, here is some general information on Blue Laws... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

[allstate1]

Originally Posted by Brad Murphy

Looks like the county finally repealed it, here is an article about them repealing it... http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/21234290/detail.html

Also, here is some general information on Blue Laws... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

Blue laws can be a trip! There is one still on the books her that says you cant tie an elephant to a hitching post!

[Brad Murphy]

Originally Posted by allstate1

Blue laws can be a trip! There is one still on the books her that says you cant tie an elephant to a hitching post!

Blue Laws usually have a religious origin (not sure what happened to the Separation of church and state there. lol)... it would be interesting to know the story behind the elephant and the hitching post!

[whoami]

Blue Laws for my state:

Missouri

* The sale of alcohol is prohibited from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday.[23] Alcohol sales on Sunday are allowed from 9:00 a.m. to midnight subject to an additional liquor license fee.[24]
* Car sales are prohibited on Sundays.



Hilarious!!! I knew about the alcohol sales time limits, there are always news stories about violence in bars over daylight savings time when sales stop an hour early for the time change.

[geekette]

Originally Posted by whoami

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

LOL!

Blue laws--the bane of Texas when I lived there as a teenager and young adult. It was weird how different aisles of the grocery stores would be roped off. Target, Walmart, KMart, etc., they were just closed.

Blue laws finally ended up being repealed about 1987 after a Christmas season where national retailers decided to risk staying open on the Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas to make an extra buck. They made loads of money (I know I was one of the "tourists" who checked out the novelty of shopping at a Target on a Sunday) and the state saw the handwriting on the wall.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by whoami

I've never heard of such a thing - blue laws? Gonna have to look that up.

Blue laws are considered to be laws that are still on the books but are not in tune with the times so are usually overlooked. In the city of Cincinnati I remember when there was a law against retail sales on Sunday. This was enacted years ago but generally disregarded although it could be enforced if law enforcement agents wanted to. I don't know if this was overturned later or if everyone just agreed to ignore it.

Actually, the AS of the UPC is like a blue law. It is still on the books so it can be enforced if local enforcement agents decide to but it is generally just overlooked and ignored in real life in many areas. And like the blue laws that still remain on the books as civil laws that are usually not discussed because we are kind of ashamed of them, the AS is treated that way in some places.