Rescind the ban on beer and wine, and only allow hard liquor to be sold at package stores, which remain closed on Sundays. Other states have no problem selling beer and wine in supermarkets. State run stores (like in NH) only feed into the frenzy of having “government” in control (I know it works fine in New Hampshire but that’s still a libertarian no-no for these uber-right wing zealots).

Has anyone done a study on how much revenue we lose by people scooting over the state lines to buy beer on Sundays? I don’t just mean Fairfield County and New York but Massachusetts as well. There may be other considerations, but I WANT QUESTIONS!

The problem with the law then and the portion of it that survives now is that it protects religious interests for those who observe a Sunday Sabbath, and I don’t see how that is Constitutional. I will appreciate any reasonable explanation.

IMHO, the biggest complainant here appear to be the owners of the package stores who don’t want to have to work on Sundays. Which could be resolved simply by promoting a trusted employee and putting that person in charge for the day – or having another family member work that day instead. Frankly, I can’t figure out why people don’t want to make whatever money they can in this current economy. If these package store owners are so concerned that they’ll be driven out of business by the larger liquor stores who most likely will take advantage of this change of law if it’s passed, then maybe they should rethink their objections to it. In any case, nobody is going to force them to remain open; they can open or close on whatever days they see fit. But when you figure that these same owners complain when they’re required to close – such as on Election Day – it seems ridiculous for them to object now.