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In the eyes of many people around the world the Southern U.S. is seen as being backwards both in legislature as well as mind-set. Unfortunately Georgia isn't doing anything to offset this view. In fact, the law makers in Georgia seem Hell bent on perpetuating the stereotype that Southerners are ignorant Rednecks.
Woody Bass wrote a great article pointing out the idiocy that is Georgia's ban on Sunday alcohol sales. Georgia is one of a handful of states that still hangs on to the severely antiquated practice of banning stores from selling liquor on the Sabbath. Interestingly it's perfectly legal for bars to sell alcohol on Sunday, you just can't get it at the grocery store.
Now, regardless of all the (correct) arguments that banning alcohol on religious grounds is ridiculous, it's nothing less than idiotic that the state of Georgia views it as being OK to get sloshed at a bar and then get behind the wheel to go home but feel that it's somehow inappropriate to drive to the store sober, buy the beer, drive back home sober and THEN get sloshed.
Come on, Georgia, get with the program here. Stop making yourself and, frankly, anyone who lives in your gorgeous state look like a backwards fool.
