I think you are right. 
Posted on 01/18/2006 6:04:21 PM PST by elkfersupper
MONTGOMERY - Keg parties at fraternities and many other places would be outlawed under a bill passed 30-0 Tuesday by the state Senate.
If the bill becomes law, people could drink draft beer only at a bar, restaurant, private club or other retail establishment licensed for beer sales by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, the bill's sponsor. People could not buy a keg and take it elsewhere to drink.
Singleton said he proposed the bill in an effort to stop teenagers from drinking beer.
Donna Alexander, a lobbyist for the Alabama Wholesale Beer Association, said the association supports Singleton's efforts to pass the proposed law, because it could curb binge drinking and underage drinking.
Robert Hill, an attorney for the state ABC Board, said if the bill becomes law, "someone could not sell you a keg to take with you, to consume off the licensed premises that sold the beer." The board has not taken a position on the bill.
Asked if an organization could get a special-events license from the ABC Board as a way to hold a keg party if the bill were to become law, Hill noted that the state fee on such a license is $150, and said the beer would have to be sold at the event.
WOOHOO! Time to open a keg shop on I-20! Put one there and one in Rome ga.. We can get some of our firecracker money back!
Well, at least we have fond memories of trying, eh?
Are the Baptists behind this?
Were religious organizations supporting this bill?
Just wondering...
Anybody who thinks that needs a lecture from Vince Lombardi on giving 110% : )
I don't think it's staying inside you long enough to take effect. You must have a leak.
LOL! Great post!
I think you are right.
Nah! Without booze, dancing, card games and cohabitation, the Baptists wouldn't have an agenda (raised a Baptist, so I can say that).
Given the vote tally (30-0), it's more likely that statists of all stripes (and MADD) are behind this.
A keg party is a rite of passage, I am rather sick of people saying what is good....and what is bad. Where did freedom of choice go ?
But hey they can still smoke there so all you need to do is bring a truckload of kegs;)
Oh, up to their eyeballs!
I am a believer in seat belts. I have seen a lot of people hurt or killed due to not wearing seat belts.
I live in a dry county in Arkansas. The nearest wet county is 25 miles away. This wet county is surrounded by dry counties. Guess where everyone in these five counties go to shop and eat out. Guess which one of these counties is growing faster than the other counties? If you see someone you know from your dry county in a bar or liquor store they act like they don't see you or don't know you. Out lawing kegs will only make them more appealing to young people. How stupid can you get.
More fun and games for the folks who thought we could have just little bit of a Nanny State.
I wonder if the movie about Steve Walsh's kid had anything to do with the over-nanny craze????
No smokes, no beer . . .
A fair joyless place this brave new world.
Enjoy your bowl of granola and don't be late for your yoga lesson. I'm sleeping in.
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