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Neoprohibitionists turn nearby town into a national joke

August 14th, 2007 by Steve

Remember the moral do-gooders in Athens who are trying to reverse the recent removal of a ban on alcoholic beverages in their city? They’ve now hit Yahoo!News and I’m getting calls and e-mails from all over the country about it. Here’s how they cover it:

Voters have a chance on Tuesday to return this northern Alabama city to the days of Prohibition.

A measure to end the sale of alcohol in Athens is up for a citywide vote, a rare instance where voters could overturn a previous vote to allow sales. Business interests are against repeal, but church leaders who helped organize the petition drive that got the measure on the ballot are asking members to pray and fast in support of a ban. [snip]

The United States went dry in 1920 after the 18th Amendment outlawed the production, transportation and sale of alcohol. Prohibition was repealed in 1933.

Now, less than four years after they first voted to legalize alcohol sales, the nearly 22,000 residents of Athens will decide whether to prohibit alcohol sales within the city, located about 95 miles north of Birmingham. [snip]

Regardless of whether Athens winds up wet or dry, a leader of the 138-year-old National Prohibition Party is glad voters have a chance to decide. Such issues rarely make it to the ballot any more, said attorney Howard Lydick, a member of the party’s executive committee.

It’s bad enough that Alabama is the butt of sex toy jokes still made by one comedian after another because the neoprohibitionists insist that women don’t have the same orgasmic rights as men. Now they are adding fuel to the fire, which would probably make them very happy. I can picture these types dousing a pile of sex toys, books which teach evolution, music with questionable lyrics, video games they don’t like, Bibles not authorized by God King James, etc., with alcohol to create a bonfire even the Nazis would appreciate.

My question is when they will enact local ordinances to stone adulterers, shut down all businesses on Sunday, and make women cover their heads while out in public.

Props to Chris from Illinois, my first caller, and Artus from Florida (at the moment, I think), my first e-mailer, on the issue.

Posted in It's a Southern Thang, Alabama Politics

One Response to “Neoprohibitionists turn nearby town into a national joke”

1. GordonUnleashed » Blog Archive » Dry County Blues wrote on 08/14/07 at 7:29 pm :

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