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Tobin S.

(10,420 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2015, 05:45 PM Mar 2015

I live in Indiana and beer is a religious sacrament in my church. [View all]

However, alcohol cannot be legally bought in Indiana on Sunday unless you are in a restaurant or a bar. That's hardly the altar of spirits and the unshaven where I worship. That law is impeding my religious rights in Indiana.

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I live in Indiana and beer is a religious sacrament in my church. [View all] Tobin S. Mar 2015 OP

I remembered when they ended ban on alcohol sales here in Delaware LynneSin Mar 2015 #1

Yeah, it seems like a law like that also violates the separation of church and state deal. Tobin S. Mar 2015 #3

It used to be said that Indianapolis had the highest # of churches per capita.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #2

It's probably true. Tobin S. Mar 2015 #5

But my religion says I can discriminate against anyone who drinks... or doesn't. Taitertots Mar 2015 #4

Just don't bring it into my church. Tobin S. Mar 2015 #6

"Can" being the operative word. My religion is just as arbitrarily enforced as any other religion. Taitertots Mar 2015 #7