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Originally posted by SRoper
"And underage drinking in the presence of a legal guardian at home is not against the law."
I believe that is only true in Wisconsin.
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That's true in at least several states. Some states, though, have a zero-tolerance approach to underage drinking of alcohol. Technically, this bars (so to speak), say, a 14-year-old from partaking of the Lord's Supper where wine is served. Unless the First Amendment (religious freedom) trumps that law. In the
Prohibition thread, I noted that an exception was made for wine in the Lord's Supper. I don't know if such an exception exists today in certain states for underage communicant church members. I'd like to research this further. I certainly think that such government laws are unwarranted, counterproductive (leads to binge drinking at age 21 or sooner) and possibly unBiblical, ie., unjust. A parent
should be able to give their son a beer on his 18th birthday, for example, and a church
should be able to serve wine at the Lord's Supper to all communicant members. As Montisquieu said, "Useless laws weaken necessary laws."
[Edited on 7-22-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]