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Senate Panel Approves Hiding Restaurant Bartenders

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah Senate committee has approved a bill that would hide the preparation of alcoholic drinks behind 10-foot-high walls in restaurants and make it illegal to appear drunk.

Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, says Senate Bill 187 is intended to eliminate anything resembling a bar in restaurants.

His measure also would redefine what it means to be intoxicated in Utah, gutting a Utah Supreme Court ruling that said simply being a drunk is not a crime. Under Valentine's bill, it would be illegal for anyone to look like they are drunk.

The bill passed unanimously on Friday. It will now be debated on the Senate floor.

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[User Picture]From: [info]lafinjack
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:47 AM (UTC)

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I guess Ozzy's never touring in Utah again.
[User Picture]From: [info]intoner
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:47 AM (UTC)

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WAT.
[User Picture]From: [info]bifrosty2k
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:50 AM (UTC)

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So basically they're making it more illegal to be drunk in public?
[User Picture]From: [info]evan
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:53 AM (UTC)

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More like making it discretionary whether you get additional citations for being "disorderly".
[User Picture]From: [info]gfish
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 3:26 AM (UTC)

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To appear drunk in public. Utah: not for clumsy people!
[User Picture]From: [info]elusis
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 7:19 AM (UTC)

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Also: comedians!
[User Picture]From: [info]chuck_lw
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:52 AM (UTC)

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>Under Valentine's bill, it would be illegal for anyone to look like they are drunk.

Finally! Now we can do something about all these people with mental handicaps, hearing loss, nerve damage, and partial physical handicaps.
[User Picture]From: [info]infrogmation
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 3:48 AM (UTC)

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I was just about to post that people with Parkinson's Disease have just been declared to be criminals.

[User Picture]From: [info]elanswer
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 7:14 AM (UTC)

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OMG! It would be so much easier to get rid of smelly/shifty customers (and of course, those under the influence)! I APPROVE.

Also, MORE PORN FOR UTAH!
[User Picture]From: [info]kimberley66
Tue, 10-Mar-2009 5:59 AM (UTC)

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Let's not forget our people with MS or CP. . . .
[User Picture]From: [info]sneakatdatavibe
Wed, 25-Mar-2009 10:11 PM (UTC)

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I think people in possession of child porn are already illegal too.

-jp
[User Picture]From: [info]tiff_seattle
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 3:53 AM (UTC)

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and once more, the mormons attempt to make the world just a little bit less of a good place.
[User Picture]From: [info]bifrosty2k
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:42 AM (UTC)

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I dunno, its their state, their right I guess.
Granted, it sounds like it's bad for commerce/etc but whatever, one more reason to avoid visiting utah :)
[User Picture]From: [info]azul_ros
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:54 AM (UTC)

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Unfortunately, the super conservatives in other states will decide to bring similar measures to their state, thereby impeding the rights of bar goers & drinkers everywhere. Just like the anti-indoor-smoking movement.
[User Picture]From: [info]bifrosty2k
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 5:01 AM (UTC)

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Yet another reason to fire everyone in office.
I mean hell, we just elected someone who's very anti-freedom to the office of president... Its not just conservatives who are infringing upon the rights and freedoms of others.
[User Picture]From: [info]karlshea
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 5:52 AM (UTC)

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Wow
[User Picture]From: [info]ekesobriquet
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 11:10 AM (UTC)

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IAWTC.
[User Picture]From: [info]jered
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 2:33 PM (UTC)

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Just because they have 62% of the population (as of 2004 census) does not make it their state, any more than Utah being 88% white makes it a white person's state.
[User Picture]From: [info]tiff_seattle
Tue, 10-Mar-2009 3:26 AM (UTC)

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exactly. this country is at its best when it resists the tyranny of the majority. how about if instead of writing their religious rules into law, the religious people just control their own behavior? think some invisible imaginary being will strike you down for drinking alcohol? then don't drink. same goes for abortion, gay marriage, drawings of a supposed prophet, etc.
From: [info]dohmnaill
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:05 AM (UTC)

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Wow. Big WTF on this one...
I suppose the illusion of sobriety is the aim. You can't see the drinks or appear drunk. It seems like a big game of make-believe - only with legal ramifications for those who don't play along.

What is next, a separate "drinking section" hidden away from view, lest anyone be corrupted by sight of demon alcohol.

Just another reason to not go to Utah.
[User Picture]From: [info]lafinjack
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:09 PM (UTC)

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This was sold at a military BX, so it was the same stuff sold everywhere outside of Utah. But since it's a higher alcohol percentage than what's allowed to be sold in the rest of Utah, it's STRONG BEER.
From: [info]dohmnaill
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 6:05 PM (UTC)

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Considering that I drink dark bitter beers and ales, I would be out of luck there...
[User Picture]From: [info]azul_ros
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:52 AM (UTC)

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HUH?? Why would anyone do that??!!

Like denying the existence of alcohol will make it *disappear*??!
[User Picture]From: [info]lafinjack
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:10 PM (UTC)

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That's how their faith works, dontchaknow.
[User Picture]From: [info]kavavita
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 6:52 AM (UTC)

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behind a 10 foot wall? christ, you already have to go to a "private club" in order to get booze at all. It's illegal to NOT use a jigger to measure every single shot in a drink. If you want a second shot, it's a "sidecar" served in a second glass that you have to pour in yourself.

I've tried to get drunk in Utah. Epic Fail. and I'm a lightweight. As far as i could tell, they just mist the vodka into a Cosmopolitan...

[User Picture]From: [info]feyandstrange
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 8:36 AM (UTC)

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All the cripples in Utah who have been accused of "looking drunk" due to blood sugar issues, seizures, balance disorders, stroke damage and so on are going to have *such fun* with this one. Heck, if this passes, I may go to Utah to stagger around without my cane and wobble-and-flail at people until I get arrested. I've wanted to get arrested there for ages, just to see what will happen - my last name is a very Mormon one.
[User Picture]From: [info]flipzagging
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 8:55 AM (UTC)

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Let's have a zombie drunk walk in Salt Lake City!
[User Picture]From: [info]luserspaz
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 12:05 PM (UTC)

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Maybe we could just build a 10-foot high wall around all of Utah and be done with it.
[User Picture]From: [info]phoenixredux
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 4:23 PM (UTC)

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This is terrible, since Utah is intolerable when you're sober.
[User Picture]From: [info]jered
Mon, 9-Mar-2009 9:23 PM (UTC)

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It looks like things are changing, and this is just a reaction. According to this article, the Governor, House and Senate leaders have agreed to eliminate the private club requirement and the separation wall that exists today.