>From what I understand in the article, the Kerala govt is the sole selling >agent of liquor in that state. The last time I was there, a few years ago, the >only places you could get toddy, I was told, were govt owned toddy shops. This >article is a request to the govt to stop merchandising liquor in the name of >the state.
------------------------------ On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 1:55 PM AEDT U. G. Barad wrote: > >A friend of mine from Kerala has sent me the enclosed article. He wants to >know the position of the Roman Catholic Church in Goa on the two issues of >liquor and the Gadgil report. I must confess I do not know anything about >what the Gadgil report is all about, except what is written in the article. > >Best regards, > >U. G. Barad > > >Church asks state to stop selling liquor >Author: >Publication: The CSF >Date: December 16, 2012 >URL: >http://persecutedchurch.info/2012/12/18/church-asks-state-to-stop-selling-li >quor/ > > >The meeting also urged the government to reject the Madhav Gadgil panel >report on Western Ghats. > >The Catholic Church in Kerala has asked the state to stop selling liquor. >The demand came after a meeting of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council >(KCBC) in Kochi. The meeting also approved a 27-point guideline of its >temperance commission to establish a drug and liquor-free society in the >state. “India may be the only country where state governments are the main >agents in liquor trade,” it said. > > >“A government responsible to its people should withdraw from the liquor >trade > >