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...Robert Jenkins, a former Snellville councilman and one of the filers, supports the ban. "This is the Bible Belt," he says, "and a lot of folks still believe in keeping the Lord's Day holy. To a lot of people, buying whiskey and drinking on Sunday is not holy...
...Sunday sales had to be taken to voters first. (On Feb. 9, the city appealed and Oberholtzer says he expects the issue to go to the state's Supreme Court.) "Restaurants just lost Super Bowl weekend and now they're going to lose Valentine's Day," Oberholtzer says. "It's been devastating to them...
...examples go on. A request for allowing restaurants to sell alcohol this Valentine's Day in Oxford, Miss., was rejected without comment. In Connecticut, which is the only state in New England to still have a blue law prohibiting Sunday alcohol sales, mayors of the state's three largest cities petitioned unsuccessfully to have the law repealed - citing a 2009 study that suggested Connecticut was losing millions in tax revenue to its neighbors...
...state, not the social policy implications of allowing Sunday sales," it reads. Various studies have produced conflicting results about whether Sunday sales lead to more drunk driving or even more alcohol consumption, and those issues remain stumbling blocks - even when wine with Valentine's Day dinner is on the line...
...Photos: Valentine's Day Comes to the First Grade...