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Originally Posted by bluedogok
Most current liquor laws were written and implemented in the repeal of prohibition and modern "conservatism" and "liberalism" were not the political theories of that era. The current Republican and Democrat parties of this day bears little resemblance to those parties of that era. In fact, Oklahoma was probably a much more liberal state in that day, in fact there was much more religious influence on both parties back then and it was just an accepted practice that led to things like "Blue Laws" and influenced the liquor laws as well. In fact most say that states laws are due modernization and are "antiquated" due to the time at which more were written. I think the screwy liquor laws has pretty much nothing to do with modern conservatism, now the lack of modernization does.
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That's logical. Although there are both conservative Democrats as well as conservative Republicans. I agree on the modern liberals and conservatives having little resemblance to the past era, especially the further one looks back. Conservatism tends toward restrictive, religious backed law, and I think it pretty much always has, in that it desires to "conserve" the past, if you will. Perhaps modern conservatism has influence in allowing some of the antiquated laws to still stand. Certainly religious influence was largely behind these "blue" laws, like banning the sale of alcohol on Sundays, and the majority of religious folk tend toward conservatism, although I realize there are some religious liberals; however, it is doubtful those religious liberals would want to conserve such laws.