Georgia News(Week 8) - Senoia Pastor Speaks Out

A recent article describes a Senoia pastor's fight to prevent a motion to allow liquor by the drink on Sundays. Pastor Ted Padgett cited many past experiences during his recent sermon, including a story about his father's drinking, and a story relating the pain of a father whose daughter was killed in a drunk driving crash involving her father's own liquor. If voters approve, according to the article, "Senoia would be the first Coweta County city to allow Sunday liquor by the drink." Neither the town's current mayor, Robert Hannah, nor Robert Belisle, Hannah's opponent, as the article mentions, will not state their standings on this controversial issue. Many feel that allowing Sunday liquor by the drink would improve business for a town that the article describes as "[one] on the cusp of big growth." Padgett, in his sermon, also voiced concerns that "drinking on the Lord's day dishonors God." This is an interesting issue, as there is an obvious religious interest in this issue, as Sunday is widely considered God's day. The final vote and the public and clergy's response to the outcome will prove to be an interesting and possibly suprising event.

Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/fayette/1105/07senoia.html?cxntnid=amn110705e