Why in Florida do you need to wait until 1 PM on sundays to buy wine?

Question

Where do they get this weird law from?

Answer 1

Its a blue law that a lot of local counties and/or cities have.  You will see them in southern states more often then others but in Florida its not state wide.  In my city it is before noon, but if you drive just outside the city there is no restrictions on sunday.  

These blue laws where created to keep sunday a day of worship and rest.  Shopping and drinking where restricted on sunday and all stores would be closed 200 years ago.  Most of those laws have since been abolished but some pertaining to alcohol still exist as you have noticed.

Answer 2

they call it a blue law. in the south their are a lot of places that do not sell alchol on sunday, also shoe laces, shirts etc.  it dates back over hundred years, so that people would stay home with their families on sunday.

Answer 3

I know in Michigan you have to wait until noon to buy any alcohol.  

Answer 4

I would guess the laws go back to when the Church ran most things (colonial times), and the prohibition era.  You would be amazed at some of the laws still on the books!  :)

Many states have similar laws on Sundays.  In Indiana, you can only have booze 'on the premises'.  No package sales allowed.  In Wyoming, Sunday sales can only occur between Noon & 10pm.  Utah has NO alcohol sales on Sunday.  But Florida is done by county...meaning each county decides the operating hours of liquor stores/bars.

Answer 5

In some states its no liquor sales on sunday but i think they got too many complaints about that so its half day at least wait til every ones out of church.:)

i like it.

We have enough drunks who come to our state and hit people w hit and runs and tear up things hotel rooms while drunk they can go half day without it.