I would like to talk about Sunday alcohol sales and the group called Strengthening Florence Families. This group says “no” to Sunday alcohol sales.
Pastor Bill Monroe also agrees with this group. They claim that alcohol-related accidents increase significantly. I say prove it.
Where are the statistics they so often quote? Better yet, who compiled these statistics? (I bet it was a religious group.)
If they were really concerned about public safety, they would want alcohol sales banned every day, not just Sunday. A drunken driver is just as dangerous on Tuesday as on Sunday.
Pastor Monroe said at the group’s meeting Tuesday he was not presenting this issue as a spiritual matter, but in his church’s monthly newsletter, he says, “there were good reasons for our current laws — they were passed to set the Lord’s day apart as a day of worship and rest.” That’s what this is all about, forcing their beliefs on everyone else?
I would like to ask Pastor Monroe and his followers why they only fight for the Sabbath day when it involves alcohol.
They don’t have a problem with factories operating on Sunday. They don’t mind retail stores and restaurants opening on Sunday.
In fact, many of them shop and eat out on Sunday. How do they feel knowing that by eating out and shopping on Sunday, they are forcing other people to work instead of worshiping and resting? That is called hypocrisy.
The fact is the “blue laws” are unconstitutional because of their religious bias.
It’s also funny how they don’t want you to have a beer or glass of wine with a meal on Sunday, yet hundreds of bars and clubs designated as “private” sell alcohol on Sundays, and I have not heard one word of complaint about that.
If religion makes you feel good and whole and fulfills you, that is great, but I will not allow your beliefs to be forced upon me.
Vote “yes” on Sunday alcohol sales.
It’s the only democratic thing to do.
Clint Miles
Scranton
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