Nanny State Laws Across America (mostly liberal places)

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

How about Oklahoma where any alcoholic beverage cannot be in excess of 3.2% ABV if sold in a grocery store? Beer stronger than 3.2% ABV has to be sold room temperature in a liquor store and liquor stores must be closed on Sunday and cannot be open later than 9PM on weekdays. How about the fact that you cannot buy a car on Sunday because it's the Lord's day? How about some of the strictest laws against cannabis in the nation (minor possession gets you a felony and 10 years in prison)?

You don't know "nanny state" until you've lived in the fundamentalist Baptist theocracy called Oklahoma.

The above is getting outdated this year. In October, Oklahoma grocery and convenience stores can start selling strong beer and wine. So such stores may not want to sell 3.2% beer any more, but expect to pay higher prices for strong beer, since 3.2% beer is taxed lower. Also liquor stores will be allowed to open on Sunday and allowed to sell more things related to using alcohol. Oklahoma's newly reformed alcohol laws will be more like many states, along with more consistency between counties and cities not found in some of the other states. However, around 20 of the 77 counties still ban liquor by the drink. They are remote, and very rural. Anyway, the Baptist influence in Oklahoma isn't as hopelessly strong as it used to be.

I suspect the law banning car sales on Sunday has more to do with car dealers wanting to stay home on Sunday, while making sure their competitors do the same.

In Oklahoma, possession of small amounts of marijuana and other illegal drugs has been reformed, so that it's always a misdemeanor unless one is caught with it within 1000 ft. of a school or park. Then it becomes a felony.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

This exactly. Conservatives complain about "nanny statists" yet they want the state to enforce their religious dogma and treat everyone who doesn't adhere to it like second class citizens. Before conservatives can complain about nanny states, they need to look in the mirror.

Yeah, at least most libertarians try not stick too religious issues in their complaints of the "nanny state." It is only religious conservatives that try to masquerade as libertarians who do.