Beer before noon on Sunday in Michigan … coming soon?
October 8, 2009
State Could Extend Bar Hours
By Kathleen Grey – Free Press Staff Writer
Vaughn Derderian has heard it often: “Please, it’s 11:45, can’t you just give me one?”
Under Michigan law, the owner of the Anchor Bar in downtown Detroit can’t serve Lions fans a beer or any other booze before noon on Sundays.
But that could change.
Trying to find revenue to offset deep cuts to popular programs, the Legislature may vote to allow serving Sunday drinkers before noon if the bars pay a $1,500-a-year fee. Retailers with licenses could sell before noon, too, if they paid the fee…. [ click here for the rest of the article ]
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October 8th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Oh good god…can’t they just get rid of that stupid law once and for all??
October 8th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I am guessing that the whole issue came about because Sunday is a holy day…uh, it’s not MY holy day, personally. (Not that I do anything I’m supposed to, er, NOT do on my holy day!). Having said that though, I certainly won’t be drinking at 7am on Sunday only because I don’t think I’ve ever been awake at 7am on a Sunday.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Given that, I’d love to see them try to come up with a justification for it… which somehow gets around the 1st and 14th Amendments to the (US) Constitution.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:49 am
They have been justifying it for 76 years but lets hope that it will end soon .
October 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
@TeacherPatti I wonder how much traction you could get from pointing out that blue laws are anti-Semitic…