No Beer on Sundays and Other Ridiculous Laws

I am writing this article out of anger and frustration, so what you are about to read is going to sound biased.

It was early Sunday morning, around 6 am, and as usual, I made my coffee and wasted some time checking my views on Triond, Youtube, and a music website called Songramp.com. I had planned on doing the front brake pads on my truck, but I would have to drive to town (20 miles), to get the parts. I left the house at about 10:30 am, and while on the way to town I was thinking : “I’ll pick up some odds and ends for the house, and get some beer while I’m in town.” THEN, I realized that it was Okeechobee, Florida, and you can’t buy beer on Sundays until 1pm.  I mean what the hell? What difference does it make if I buy my beer at 5 am or 1 pm? This really ticks me off.

Well, I decided to kill some time by grabbing an early lunch, and browsing around the antique store. Lo and behold – 1 pm arrived right on schedule! I bought my beer! That’s when I decided I would write this article to vent some steam. Turns out that the stupid law  was written by the beer Nazis. “No beer for you!” (Just kidding).

The “no beer on Sundays” law is actually part of a list of laws called “Blue Laws.” In some states, you can’t buy beer AT  ALL on Sundays. These “Blue Laws,” were actually written as far back as the 1600’s, and pretty much prohibited anything but breathing and prayer on Sundays. The laws were written to allegedly  protect the moral values of Christians. It was in fact, against the law to have sex on Sundays! It was believed at the time that a child was born on the same day it was conceived, so if a child had a birthday on a Sunday, the parents were sure to be shamed. In the state of Texas, it was illegal to sell appliances (washers and dryers) on Sundays, along with pots and pans, or devices for cooking. This went on until 1985!

I know this article is short, but I just had to voice my anger over this stupid law. I mean, I don’t think God cares what time of day I have a beer. Also aren’t these “Blue Laws” unconstitutional?  Did we not have a war over this sort of thing. To me a “Blue Law” is like me telling you, that you have to be a Christian, and therefore you must abide by MY beliefs and practices. Last time I checked, we are all free to choose our religious beliefs (or not), as long as it does not interfere with other people in their pursuit of happiness. Let’s face it, these archaic “Blue Laws” were probably written by some bunch of self righteous, stiff shirt hypocrites, who were probably having a cocktail while writing the “no beer on Sunday” rule.