As a bartender, I more than once served beers to a father and his sons, all under 18.
In CT, the alcohol needs to be purchased by a _parent_, not by another responsible adult. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:31 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, it's interesting. There are instances where the laws have bent > to > accommodate religious services. > > The big one that comes to mind is the Eucharistic ceremony for Christians. > Christian children start participating in the Eucharistic ceremony when > they > are in about 2nd grade. At that point, if they want a little wine during > church, all they gotta do is hold out their hands... > > Giving alcohol, in any capacity, to a minor, is otherwise against the law. > > Now I think we can all agree that the practice is not harmful and it is > reasonable for the law to bend in this instance. But now that the can of > worms is open, who gets to decide what is reasonable and what is not? How > much bending should the law do to accommodate increasingly extreme > religious > rites? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
