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Coach33.sixpack

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From Starkvillenow.com</p>

</p> <h1>They'll be talking booze, so get there early</h1>

The first of two public hearings on Sunday alcohol sales will be held 5:30 PM, Tuesday night at the first Board of Alderman meeting of August.</p>

The ledger appears to be Dumas, Sistrunk, Parker, Corey for with Perkins, Vaughn and Carver against. (It will be curious to see if the SN praise for Carver's stances from P&Z morph into criticism as he comes out against Sunday sales.)</p>

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If you are for seven day sales you need to go to this meeting and voice your opinion. If you are not for it.... kiss my ***.
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graddawg

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I'm in disbelief that Carver, a college educated 28-year old male, is against Sunday sales.
 
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Coach33.sixpack

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I admit not knowing all the details, but he has been persuaded to turn his vote from "for" to "against". Blows my mind. Good thing they only need 4 votes to win and they have that support already.

This public hearing is a chance for the aldermen to listen (act like they are listening) to the people of Starkville. The Baptists ... cough cough..... I mean people who are against seven day sales WILL be there. We need as many people who are for this to show up and voice their opinion.
 
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He flat came out against it. The vote that will make the difference is Eric Parker. He has said he is for it and voted for the hearing, but watch for the Baptists and Old-timers in his ward to put SIGNIFICANT pressure on him. If you live in Ward 3, give Mr. Parker a call and tell him of your support for Sunday Sales. The BoA did screw up in having two public hearings. Two will only slow things down, because those who know where they stand are going to be the only ones to show up.
 
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jmbeck

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This is usually uttered by some ******* that will drive 30 miles an hour in a parking lot in order to get the first pick of the fried chicken after church.
 
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they are not going to limit sales on Sunday. It will be treated as any other day. They will also lower the distance from schools/churches to 100 feet.
 
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Optimus Prime 4

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or they wouldn't let their children out of the house on the other days

Is there even anything in the bible about not drinking on Sundays? I mean the sabath is Saturday anyway
 
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cowbell9

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kit and kaboodle. Eventually backing off a bit to appear as being reasonable. I believe we will be drinking beer at the Veranda on 9/27/09. With a bunch of corndogs.
 
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regarding the consumption of alcohol. Scripture prohibits "excess" consumption. The stance of prohibitioners/abstainers, such as the leadership of Southern Baptists (as opposed to many Baptist parishioners, many of whom are still coming off a tore down on Sunday morning from their Saturday night festivities), is derived primarily from Scriptures that address calls to avoid becoming a stumbling block to others who may not have sufficient self-control to avoid addiction; i.e., "I will abstain from the devil's nectar, and you should, too, because Homer over there is a bit on the simple side and he's likely to get drunk and kill somebody if he sees me drinking and thinks it's OK."

Many Southern Baptists are actually capable of maintaining a healthy balance about this issue. Their personal decision to abstain as a way of preserving their witness does not morph into a crusade to force abstention on society. And many find it healthy to remember that the sin of pride ("Hey, look at me! I don't drink beer!!! That makes me better than you!") is as unacceptable as drunkenness.

This discussion reminds me of the old joke about the Baptist preacher: You know why the Baptist Preacher doesn't have sex with teenage boys standing up? Because someone might accuse him of dancing.
 
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Porkchop.sixpack

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really backfired in the Flowood liquor debate. Basically, you had a baptist preacher acting as spokesman for an anti-liquor group saying that they opposed liquor sales on grounds of public safety and that morality was not an issue. Now, forget for a moment that people were constantly driving long distances back and forth through all of Flowood to make it to Jackson for a drink.

When a Baptist preacher says he doesn't oppose liquor on moral grounds, he is either skirting the edge of the argument (difference between moral and religious) or he is flat out lying. Of course he and the group opposed it on moral grounds. And that's fine if you feel that way. But, lying preachers. tisk. tisk.

There is no direct spiritual prohibition against consuming alchohol. In fact, Christ turning water into wine seems to present at least some rationale for it being "ok" to consumer alcohol. There are prohibitions against drunkeness.
 
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futaba.79

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would be to limit the hours. I don't care what time sales can begin but I hope they end at 10pm.
 
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