SEC to Allow Alcohol Sales

[JFCats22]

The church we attend up here serves beer sometimes (mostly for special events and on Super Bowl Sunday). Never been to a Catholic picnic? Oktoberfest? Fish Fry?

Modern movie theaters all serve beer.

Seriously...I feel like I am in lala land with this thread. I cannot imagine living life being scared to go anywhere that serves alcohol. The things and cool stuff you miss out on is amazing.

[40bill]

The church we attend up here serves beer sometimes (mostly for special events and on Super Bowl Sunday). Never been to a Catholic picnic? Oktoberfest? Fish Fry?

Modern movie theaters all serve beer.

None in Clarksville TN, or Hopkinsville Ky. Sorry. You would think with Fort Campbell being between they would, but no. Both cities are liquor friendly Theaters less than ten years old.
Methodist myself. No alcohol on church property. Us and the Baptists go off grounds for extra refreshment.
Catholic Churches are in the vast minority this part of the country.

[40bill]

Seriously...I feel like I am in lala land with this thread. I cannot imagine living life being scared to go anywhere that serves alcohol. The things and cool stuff you miss out on is amazing.

Lol.....yeah, really miss those drunk guys puking at the theater.
plenty restaraunts and bars that serve.

[Dwight Schrute]

My hometown of 25,000 just got a brand new movie theater that serves beer. When we lived in Lexington, we went to Christ the King Oktoberfest every year.

Beer is fine and the drunks are already gonna be drunk and puking with or without beer sales. No reason the rest of us shouldn’t be able to enjoy our $12 beers

[kr24]

Really disappointing to read the posts of some laced with belittling of others opinion. Lighthouse, I applaud your stance. I too stand with you on this issue and like you, I will continue to be a Wildcat fan and go to games regardless if alcohol is served or not. I am not scared to go to a game or event that serves alcohol, never have been. I choose not to drink.

[samsdad]

I can't remember ever seeing a good outcome of drinking alcohol, but I've seen a lot of damage. My son's family was destroyed by it.

[40bill]

My hometown of 25,000 just got a brand new movie theater that serves beer. When we lived in Lexington, we went to Christ the King Oktoberfest every year.

Beer is fine and the drunks are already gonna be drunk and puking with or without beer sales. No reason the rest of us shouldn’t be able to enjoy our $12 beers

Just different strokes, different parts of the state, and each city/ county has its own regs on beer sales.

seens like there's plenty of beers to be had after the games, but oh well.
Enjoy those high priced ones if it passes at Kentucky games.

[Lighthouse]

So, you don't attend any concerts, professional sporting events, Bingo nights, church picnics, restaurants, movie theaters, etc...???

What do you do then, stay at home all the time?

It's really none of your business! And, it might be a good idea to calm down a bit.

[40bill]

I believe that as has been posted previously, the limited number of members here can show this will not be an easy decision, no matter how cut and dried each party sees it.

Although snide remarks can be part of my stock in trade, I think that for my part I would disagree with alcohol being sold at college sporting events, despite the revenue potential.
I understand thoughts to the contrary. I just don't agree with them.

[Spiritof96]

I find drunk people annoying and would just assume never encounter any, BUT... The "no alcohol" position in this thread is... interesting.

If one doesn't want to be around drinking and all that goes with it, how have they tolerated going to a UK football game in the last 30 years? It is only one of the largest single day drinking events in the state. Do we HONESTLY believe that people who haven't been problems while drinking in the parking lot before the game are going to become problems by standing in REALLY long lines and buying $5 beers? That seems implausible at best.

This seems to be about one group of people who disprove of drinking, trying (and failing IMO) to come up with a rational, secular reason to compel everyone else to behave as they think people should. I believe some who have posted in this fashion don't even realize they are doing it.

For those who "can't see a good outcome from drinking" the obvious math is that FAR more people have good outcomes from their drinking experiences than bad.

Empirically, alcohol is toxic to the human body, addictive, and in small doses... benign. Keep your BAL/BAC below a .04 (or .02 if you are drinking every day) and you won't experience any statistical increase in an alcohol related accident or health problem.

As a fun theological exercise, people should calculate how many servings of alcohol Jesus provided at the wedding at Cana. I'll get you started, it was between 120 to 180 GALLONS. One standard drink of modern wine is usually 4-5 ounces at 12%-15% ABV. Most beer is a measly 4%-7%. Jesus and his friends had good outcomes at the wedding. (If we believe the Bible to be authoritative on the event that is)

[Lighthouse]

^ You must be referring to me, and that's OK with me. I had season football tickets for 29 years I believe, and the last several years I was in the handicapped section. I experienced offensive drunken behavior several times, and as I stated, most of the time they were our opponents fans, but a few were not. I always had friends or family with me including my grandkids, my daughter, and sometimes my Pastor. One occasion it was an obnoxious UGA fan who stood behind us and made fun of our team instead of cheering for his. I asked him to move along to his seat, and he cussed me out, so I asked an usher to go get security. Before they got there he insulted an elderly gentleman who asked him the same thing I did, and he tried to get the old man to fight him. I tried to keep this as calm as possible without slapping him silly and was able to until 2 State Troopers got there. He smarted off to them and the slapped cuffs on him and took him away. We actually missed almost a quarter of the game because of this character.

[TrueblueCATfan]

Hmmmmm....never been to a movie where they sold beer. Not a church picnic either.
not every obnoxious jerk drinks.
Every drunk one does though.

Just about all the movie theaters here in Louisville sell beer and wine now.... But Geez after buying tickets and popcorn who could afford beer or wine

[Joneslab]

Us and the Baptists go off grounds for extra refreshment.

I laughed.

Sometimes with us Catholics I worry that they're going to kick me out if I don't drink.

[Dwight Schrute]

Us and the Baptists go off grounds for extra refreshment.

You know why you can't go fishing with only 1 baptist? He'll drink all your beer.

[Dwight Schrute]

Really disappointing to read the posts of some laced with belittling of others opinion. Lighthouse, I applaud your stance. I too stand with you on this issue and like you, I will continue to be a Wildcat fan and go to games regardless if alcohol is served or not. I am not scared to go to a game or event that serves alcohol, never have been. I choose not to drink.

And that is your choice and I respect it, but the difference is that you aren't crossing your arms and pouting about the potential beer and wine sales for other people to enjoy.

I respect that people don't like to drink and have their own reasons for it. But enjoying a beer and watching sports is something a lot of people enjoy and do so responsibly. Drunk fans will be a problem with or without the sales, and I don't believe the availability of it will have much of an effect on that when beers will undoubtedly cost $8-10 a piece at minimum.