The Indiana House Public Policy Committee rejected a bill Wednesday to legalize the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The 8-5 vote on House Bill 1399 would have lifted a ban that has been in effect for more than 80 years. IDS reporters spoke to students around campus to see where they stood on the upholding of the ban.
“I’ve never really understood why, as a supposedly secular state, there was a law put in place to ban alcohol sales on Sunday,” sophomore Sara Hudnall said. “From what I can tell, that would only hurt business profits and it isn’t as though no one is drinking on Sunday.”
“It’s a completely outdated idea,” sophomore Reygan Reinhart said. “We’re one of the last states with a law of this nature in effect, and it’s sort of ridiculous. It’s just typical, conservative Indiana, I guess.”
“I understand that people work at those stores and want the day off,” senior Alex Philip said. “But there’s also the idea of making it simpler. Sometimes I just want beer on a Sunday without going to a bar. But mostly I’m pretty indifferent.”
“I think it should be the business’ decision whether they should sell alcohol on Sunday or not,” freshman Joey Cullather said. “I think there’s a fundamental contradiction in the Republican mindset in supporting pro-business while inhibiting that with pro-religious institutions.”
