Good Friday: Remove prohibition on Alcohol Campaign

mkaobrih · **Joined:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:48 pm **Posts:** 1591

God v's Rugby Rugby wins
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limer ... 6180066.jp

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:55 pm

This is great news, the Limerick Lord Mayor said the law should be abolished.
Debate on Newstalk now

chemicals · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:13 pm

I just signed the petition -was #13 oooh ! scary

koko · **Joined:** Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:51 pm **Posts:** 2

I agree with the arguments that pubs should be allowed to open on the so called Good Friday,
but most of the arguments can also be applied to the 25th of Dec which is just another christian day ,
or has the christmas thing been engrained a little deeper in us atheists that were brought up in a christian religion,

Bik · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:09 pm

While the RCC wants to keep pubs closed the anglicans want to use them for preaching.
I think I might become an anglican atheist rather than a RCC one :mrgreen:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263052/Use-pubs-modernise-church-urges-Archbishop-York-Dr-John-Sentamu.html

I thought this quote from the article was funny:

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A study of 1,000 six to 10-year-olds by British Lion eggs revealed earlier this week that ......Almost 30% thought it [Easter] was to celebrate the Easter Bunny's birthday

I've my cans of Guinness in the fridge to keep me going tonight anyway!

HylandPaddy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:59 pm

koko wrote:

I agree with the arguments that pubs should be allowed to open on the so called Good Friday,
but most of the arguments can also be applied to the 25th of Dec which is just another christian day ,
or has the christmas thing been engrained a little deeper in us atheists that were brought up in a christian religion,

It's not that we're forcing pubs to open everyday (pubs can close on 25th Dec if they want), we just don't want it to be illegal to buy/sell drink when the full moon appears after the vernal equinox...or whatever.

I always wondered where christians think they get the authority to stop people drinking; they invariably reply - "sure it's only one day..." but if I told them that on the first day of July they had to wear a veil or face arrest, there'd be outrage.

But why don't they drink? Is it meant to be a sign of respect? If it is, I don't see how making it illegal works, how am I showing respect if the only reason I'm not drinking is beacuse I can't buy any. You can't force someone undertake an act of respect. Forcing them defeats the purpose.

mkaobrih · **Joined:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:48 pm **Posts:** 1591

You can drink all you want on “good” Friday – You just can’t buy it – and why do all the shops close between 3 and 4 – most annoying, as that’s when I went shopping.

Feardorcha · **Joined:** Fri May 01, 2009 4:28 pm **Posts:** 1265

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Pubs in the Limerick area have broken the tradition of staying closed on Good Friday and open for business.

This is the RTE report tonight. So it's just some old quaint tradition. Can they really not know in the RTE newsroom that it is the law that forbids the sale of alcohol under penalty of heavy fines?

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:28 am

Thought I dig this trend back up, being the day it is.
This stupid religious Irish-law.

mkaobrih · **Joined:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:48 pm **Posts:** 1591

Enjoying drinkies now

- Stupid law.

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:55 pm

Just saw on
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/good ... 02316.html
The amount of comments against the catholic law is great to see.

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Non Drinker · 11 hours ago

This law should be scrapped its an out of date law forced on us by the catholic church. I was in tescos last night there was a big frenzy to buy alcohol it was crazy. If the ban wasnt there half of those people wouldnt even drink today. When you are told you cannot do something makes you want to even more. Time for an END to this law

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Paul · 10 hours ago

The Good Friday tradition is enforced by a law dating back to 1927 when Ireland was very different. The Church ruled Ireland.

Tradition is one thing I would never force my beliefs on others.
Last time I checked we have freedom of expression. and freedom of choice.

The Tradition should be what it is a tradition. People should be allowed to choose not be deemed to be a criminal should a bar be found open.

Im my opinion the catholic church has so much to answer for exploiting children for their perverted pleasures and power trips.

If its a crime to have a drink on Good Friday well so be it everyone should decide for themselves
Religion should have no say so on the Laws in Ireland
Who gives the church the right to say where people can go even on Good Friday
they are forcing their principals even one NON religious community

OUT DATED

GT · **Joined:** Tue May 26, 2009 6:41 pm **Posts:** 144

It is bad enough not being able to purchase alcohol Good Friday but in Tesco Yesterday I was actually refused the sale of alcohol free beer.

They were however quite happy to sell mouthwash containing 5% alcohol should that be your favourite tipple.

ctr · **Joined:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 929

weird alright

aZerogodist · **Posted:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:30 pm

Down here I know 2 Post-Offices were closed, is this normal, or is it left to the post-master.
GF is not a national or state holiday that's why we have a bank-holiday.
I assumed the only places that were closed on GF were pubs.

aiseiri47 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:25 pm **Posts:** 177

A lot of places do close on Good Friday - in Portlaoise, I saw several businesses keep bank holiday hours, or else close completely. I work in retail and our store was open on Good Friday, and I had some customers "sympathise" with me for having to work Good Friday when "there were days" when everything was closed Good Friday - so they were actually disappointed that shops were open.

Anyway; now that Easter's over, fighting against the prohibition of alcohol sales on GF might seem out-of-season, but I don't think there's any reason to drop it. It's a law that should definitely be repealed -- I don't drink at all, have no interest in it, and don't even like being around others who are drinking, and I think it's an idiotic rule. If nothing else, Good Friday drinking seems to be more dangerous because people purposely top-up at the off-license as if the alcohol ban were indefinite rather than for a mere 24 hours.

(And I think Christmas is on a completely different level. It's not illegal to sell alcohol on Christmas as far as I know? It's just that everything is closed on Christmas, just as everything is closed on New Year's Day. I don't think it's so much to ask that we get a few days out of the entire year where people don't have to work, but can stay at home and relax or spend time with family.)

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