Bills Filed To Remove The Last of The Sunday Blue Laws

March 31, 2009

As time goes on fewer and fewer states keep or enforce laws that were put in place to maintain “the Sabbath”. Many of us remember the days when stores were closed on Sundays and hardly anyone had to work those are by gone days for sure. North Carolina seems to be moving towards eliminating the last of the Blue Laws

Alcoholic Beverage Control stores have been closed on Sundays since the 1930s. The Sunday firearm hunting ban on state-regulated land has been in place since 1869.

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Two separate bills have been introduced one to end the ban on hunting with a firearm in North Carolina and another to allow the sales of alcohol on Sundays. It would appear the bill that will generate money for the state because they are after all in the business of selling booze has some legs. The Sunday Hunting Bill does not have the same level of support so it is unclear whether it will pass this time. I’m sure it is only a matter of time before the Sunday Hunting ban is lifted. Maybe some churches with a lot of parishioners who hunt could move the morning service a bit closer to noon and include a meal to encourage them to come out of the woods. Who knows that may even help add more folks to the church.