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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county
60 years ago, Tallahassee Florida was in a dry county. It was dry to the point that my dad kinda made a stink about it when we visited my grandparents there.
In 2010, we were in Angelina County in east Texas. Hubby wanted to "buy a can of beer" to take with us fishing. He couldn't find any after trying several gas stations. So we went to Wal Mart and we couldn't find beer. Hubby says, "I think we're in a dry county". Since that time, the county is no longer dry.
When I moved to Texas in the early 80's, we had something called "Blue Laws". Stores were closed on Sunday...ugh...no shopping. The Texas "Blue Laws" were repealed in the 1985.
Prohibited sales:
These laws were horrible because Sunday was "shopping day" for most working Texans. I was single at the time and it really sucked and I felt like I had "lost an entire day".
Blue Laws BTW have been challenged in the Supreme Court and have been found constitutional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_laws_in_the_United_States
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-08-26-8502250721-story.html
60 years ago, Tallahassee Florida was in a dry county. It was dry to the point that my dad kinda made a stink about it when we visited my grandparents there.
In 2010, we were in Angelina County in east Texas. Hubby wanted to "buy a can of beer" to take with us fishing. He couldn't find any after trying several gas stations. So we went to Wal Mart and we couldn't find beer. Hubby says, "I think we're in a dry county". Since that time, the county is no longer dry.
When I moved to Texas in the early 80's, we had something called "Blue Laws". Stores were closed on Sunday...ugh...no shopping. The Texas "Blue Laws" were repealed in the 1985.
Prohibited sales:
clothing, furniture, kitchen utensils, diapers, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, electric fans, washers, dryers, radios, televisions, cameras, hardware, power-driven hand tools, jewelry, silverware, watches, clocks, luggage and musical instruments.
These laws were horrible because Sunday was "shopping day" for most working Texans. I was single at the time and it really sucked and I felt like I had "lost an entire day".
Blue Laws BTW have been challenged in the Supreme Court and have been found constitutional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_laws_in_the_United_States
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-08-26-8502250721-story.html
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