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November 13, 2011

Journal-Constitution: On alcohol sales, religion gives way to economics

by Mark Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ray Newman has been studying a state map since last week's Sunday alcohol sales referendums. A pastor and lobbyist for the Georgia Baptist Convention, Newman can cite one town after another where voters overturned blue laws.

Griffin, Pooler, Kingston: There, and elsewhere across the state, voters overwhelmingly embraced Sunday sales.

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