Blue Laws? (Greenville, Spartanburg, Aiken: middle school, living, store)

[mjsizzle]

the alchohol laws are slightly understandable but some blue laws that really blow my mind are:
if caught in another mans pasture with so much as a pocket knife the land owner has the legal right to hang the offender from the nearest tree
or this one:
a man going to church on sunday is legaly bound to carry or wear a sidearm
or:
before entering an intersection a person must,stop,turn off the engine,get out,walk into the intersection and check for oncomming traffic,shoot a shotgun in the air 3 times,restart the engine,blow the horn and then proceed
talking about a evening rush!!!!!!!!!!!
and those are just a few i remember

[mjsizzle]

Originally Posted by Frankie117
"I love how people blame this on religion, when in reality that doesn't have much to do with it. As a matter a fact, I think its rather ignorant to instantly blame religion.

When these laws were implemented, the Southern states faced major issues with alcoholism as well as drunk driving...mainly during NASCAR season (go figure). In response to this the state and local governments made it so you can't purchase alcohol on Sundays (not because of religion, but because of race day, do the math). And you thought religion was a silly reason......?

Liberals found a way to blame the Blue Laws on religion, which is why it has become mainstream to assume so. If you are really going to whine about this law, then move somewhere else. Instead of separation of church-and-state it should be separation of sports-and-state"




these laws were brought about before nascar was ever thought about and not by the southern states

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

Originally Posted by marx404

Can anyone please explain this Blue Law thing and why it is pertinent to retail stores in the PeeDee region?

In many areas in FL, I remember you couldn't buy alcohol on Sundays, thats ok w/ me, I understand that. What kills me is that retail stores don't open nor can sell goods ie: clothing and other non-food items, until after 1:30pm on Sundays! I work 12 hrs a day, 6 days a week and it's driving me crazy that I cannot get anything accomplished until this time on Sundays, then have to contend with throngs of after-church mobs. Oh, did I just answer my own question?

I remember when we had those in Texas. Thats all about people of one religion wanting to FORCE their beliefs on everyone they can, including stopping them from shopping on what they call sabbath.

What happened to freedom of choice? Do we only get that as long as we choose to celebrate religion the same way that one group does?

[trinkit]

CarolinaSouth803 has a point: the Blue Laws are not just a southern thing. I'm a transplant from Michigan (Detroit area) and the western part of Michigan is considered that state's "Bible Belt" and totally influenced by the Dutch Reformed Church. NOTHING is open in Grand Rapids on Sunday. I once spent a weekend at the highly rated Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids and was shocked when I could not get breakfast in the hotel's dining room on Sunday morning.

I work 11 hours a day, Monday thru Thursday, and 1/2 a day on Friday. I have adjusted my schedule to accommodate the Blue Laws. I do the bulk of my shopping on Friday afternoon. (Got caught up in them one Sunday -- that won't happen again.) I don't see the Blue Laws as an inconvenience. Just one more thing that makes living in the south quaint and unique. Much different than the attitude of the Detroit area where "anything gives" is the norm. I remember years ago when you had to adhere to the store's hours -- there was no such thing as 24-hour stores. There was an occasional gas station open 24 hours and ONE pharmacy open (in downtown Detroit) 24 hours but that was it. We lived with it. It is still illegal in Michigan to sell any alcohol before noon on Sunday.

As a former Michigander, I can offer this advice to other transplants: choose an area where the beliefs are similar to yours. Don't try to change the area to your beliefs because that is the surest way of becoming known as a "damned Yankee". You moved here for a reason, make the most of it and try to fit in. You may even begin to like the differences between here and your former home. If you can't aclimate yourself to the area, move back to where you came from or find another area with your same beliefs. The south has ALWAYS been known as the "Bible Belt"; i.e. Christian beliefs, morals and attitudes are very strong here. I find it a refreshing change of attitude compared to where I came from.

[DRENDA72]

Originally Posted by Nausikaa

you pay the tax when you buy a tag, because it's not in your property tax. you will pay it one way or the other. just a different way. tags are only pricey on new cars, it becomes very low when they are a few years old.

i have never been in a southern state that sells alcohol on Sunday? correct me if i'm wrong.

That's not true-I'm from Miami, Florida-just about as South as you can get-and when I moved here to Sumter, SC in September 2006 I'd NEVER heard of a "Blue Law". In Miami-there are NO restrictions on buying ANYTHING at ANYTIME on a Sunday! A limited FEW stores may open at 10am or 11am & close at 5pm or 6pm-but not opening until 1pm-come on!? I'm STILL kinda miffed at the law-not the drinking part because I don't drink-but the fact of Wal-Mart having "crime scene" tape around everything but the groceries on Sundays until 12pm or 1:30pm. The funny part is-half the stores here are CLOSED COMPLETELY on Sundays & close at 6pm or 7pm on Saturdays. In Miami-the weekends meant extended hours-most places were 24/7. I thought that God & state were seperated anyway. Not like buying shoes or bath towel is a sin. Weird-just weird.

[DRENDA72]

Originally Posted by mjsizzle

Originally Posted by Frankie117
"I love how people blame this on religion, when in reality that doesn't have much to do with it. As a matter a fact, I think its rather ignorant to instantly blame religion.

When these laws were implemented, the Southern states faced major issues with alcoholism as well as drunk driving...mainly during NASCAR season (go figure). In response to this the state and local governments made it so you can't purchase alcohol on Sundays (not because of religion, but because of race day, do the math). And you thought religion was a silly reason......?

Liberals found a way to blame the Blue Laws on religion, which is why it has become mainstream to assume so. If you are really going to whine about this law, then move somewhere else. Instead of separation of church-and-state it should be separation of sports-and-state"




these laws were brought about before nascar was ever thought about and not by the southern states

Ok-the alcohol restriction-I totally understrand. But "non grocery" items? What's with that? As far as a "bible belt" state or "blue law"-come on. What could possibly be "sacreligious" or "hazzardous to NASCAR" when I want to but some bath towels, soap, denim shorts or toothpaste at 10am on Sunday??? Let's be real. It's just another form of control. Nothing to do with religion.

[waccamatt]

It all depends on where you live. Here in Richland County there are no restrictions except that grocery stores can't sell beer and wine on Sundays, but in the city of Columbia they can - no restrictions. In Lexington County ad 80% of the rest of the counties in South Carolina, most things can't be sold until 1:30 on Sundays. It all depends on where you live and that's one of the reasons I live in Columbia.

[peanutbutter_1414]

it just depends where you shop!for ex. if you go to walgreens or anither drugstore its fine to get stuff, or at gas stations its really not that hard!

[reeves]

Originally Posted by Frankie117

I love how people blame this on religion, when in reality that doesn't have much to do with it. As a matter a fact, I think its rather ignorant to instantly blame religion.

When these laws were implemented, the Southern states faced major issues with alcoholism as well as drunk driving...mainly during NASCAR season (go figure). In response to this the state and local governments made it so you can't purchase alcohol on Sundays (not because of religion, but because of race day, do the math). And you thought religion was a silly reason......?

Liberals found a way to blame the Blue Laws on religion, which is why it has become mainstream to assume so. If you are really going to whine about this law, then move somewhere else. Instead of separation of church-and-state it should be separation of sports-and-state.

This is patent falsehood, Frankie117. This is completely inaccurate fact, and shame on you for posting that kind of blatantly-unresearched hokum. Blue Law came to rise in the 18th Century. As you may have missed while you were sleeping through basic history classes, stock car racing wasn't really in its heydey in the period leading up to the bloody Revolutionary War. Religion IS a silly reason to restrict the personal liberty of another person, particularly when that other person doesn't practice that religion. The core of this nation - not what it was founded upon, but what it is supposed to represent - is plurality: the ability for more than one idea to peacefully coexist. It has nothing to do with Liberals; true Liberals want the same thing true Libertarians do: freedom of personal practice. It's not about left versus right, it's about zealotry versus secularism. That's the very bloody definition of the separation of church and state. Blue Law was enacted as a form of moral code, and was a basic erosion of a basic freedom: the right to choose one's own morality. Your publishing in any kind of public form the insinuation that Blue Law had to do with NASCAR is beyond laughable; it's insulting to the intelligence of readers anywhere. It's a foolish notion, and it's not accurate.

[timelesschild]

It is possible to disagree with someone without resorting to personal attacks....

I'm just saying....