"no seperation of church and state"???

Aside of the letter written by Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists supporting a "wall of seperation", I'll give in to you on every arguement you ever post if you can find the Constitutional "Seperation of church and state". The Supreme Court has intrepreted Seperation, but it's not in the Constitution.

That being said, I'm all for not having a church run the country, but if you move into a community that has certain morals and values, you can expect to see people with those values making choices that support those values.

If I move into an Amish community, I just going to have to deal with beards and buggies.

Now, all that being said, I agree with "In CA", Shirley, this has nothing to do with the LDS church.

The biggest public health issue here is not beer. It's grown men spending hours and hours polishing the leather couch with their behinds, watching football, when they should be getting some exercise.

Lots of you have beer bellies, even if you don't drink beer. Heart disease, diabetes and other weight related diseases are probably more of a hazard than a couple beers(as long as you don't drink and drive).

To anonymous, imagine how stupid the average person is and remember that 50% of the people in the world are dumber than that guy. Too bad you can't recognize that conservatives aren't the ones trying to control our lives through the government. Remember its the liberal who are trying to socialize everything, and if you want proof you don't have to look any farther than Obama's plan to take profits from oil companies to fund $1,000.00 rebate checks to over 112,000,000 Americans.


Also ask yourself what kind of college students drink beer. Anywhere from incredibly intelligent to incredibly stupid. Maybe their commercials are more influential than you think. I would never pretend to be an expert though because I have DVR. Just remember, it's not democrats or republicans trying to regulate through congress what kind of commercials are on your tv. It's University Presidents, coaches, and Athletic Directors trying to clean up what kind of commercials are on tv during their athletic events. Which makes it entirely different than any kind of government regulation.

Oh and don't forget it's Nancy Pelosi who is trying to regulate what can or can't be said on talk radio. Very liberal Democrat.

It's my glands, but thank you Rolly Polly.

How about a tinny dose of reality. Alcohol is a drug, drunken drivers kill people, Drunks 50 or 15 are not cool. But to say that people decide to drink because they see a Bud commercial is a stretch. The ads primarily are aimed at people who already drink beer. The idea is to interest a person in trying their brand or to keep their customers buying that brand. I don't know anyone who saw a car commercial them suddenly decided to get a drivers license. The car ads are to stimulate the driver who already has a car to get a new model or to switch from the model they already drive. Having a discussion on beer ads in Utah is much like a group of Arizonians discussing which type of arctic parka to buy.

In an interview several years ago with the great UNC Tarheel coach Dean Smith,he was asked what he thinks was wrong with college sports. His response was games on sunday and alcohol advertisements in arenas and on tv. He said if he had his ways all alcohol ads would be banned from college sports.

Which state, which church?

It's all over the country, bro.

Just because Dr. Hill doesn't see the need, I stand by what the NCAA is trying to accomplish.

It's the first step to putting in the regulations the NFL put in for their stadiums.

What we need now... an NFL team.

"But to say that people decide to drink because they see a Bud commercial is a stretch."

We are raising our daughters not to drink. Not for any religous reasons, but because I used to "party", my very best friend I used to party with was killed about 16 years ago because he was driving on the wrong side of the road and hit a truck head on, My youngest brother just got out of State Rehab (read prison) because he could alway drink, drive and maintain until he got a DUI, his lawyer got it squashed easy, but he picked up two more quickly and lost his family, home, etc.

My problem is Alcohol does not enter my home, except on TV. I do not want them to think they are missing anything, but when we are watching TV, the ads do come on.

Once again, drinking is something I do not want them to do, we discuss it, and they are fine not drinking, and I am sure they will need to decide someday, but if I could "choose", I would rather the commercials not come in my home.

I'm not in a bubble.

I do appreciate theNCAA.

I don't need someone smarter than me responding "raise your kids right, unplug your TV, move", and the rest of the stupid replies that always work themselves into these boards.

If the ads showed the reality of alcohol abuse, the deaths, the health issues when you get older, the promiscous sex that leads to unplanned parenthood and STD's, etc, I think a balanced approach would be fine, but they don't.

They show Big Horses, partying with the beautiful people, funny times by funny people.

Some people just have addictive personalities, a genetic predisposition to alcohoism, a physical inability to drink unresponsibly and that can't be fixed by saying "Just say no".

If you already drink responsibly, I sure you have your favorite adult beverages (I'm in my forties, and mine were Molson, Grey goose, and Don Julio) and I don't see an advertisement changing what you choose to drink. The ads DO glamorize consumption.

If I'm watching a game with my family, and someone decides not to put the ads on, I'm fine with that.

Why do so many cling to those precious ads so feircely, knowing the costs placed upon society, spouses, children and innocent in our society?

Ernest T Bass's glands.

That's a mental image I didn't need.

Remember, not all college students are 21 and over. Again, why should we allow a product to be promoted that is illegal for a large portion of the participants, i.e. those playing and watching?

Drinking is for losers...and drunk drivers! It's not that hard to see that the companies that advertise beer and liquor on TV are just taking your money from you. It can take your life away from you drink by drink and where are the companies when you need a hand up from that hole you create for yourself and family?

I vote we ignore or tevo the adds but ban alcohol from sporting events. The amount of alcohol related deaths on campus pale in comparison to the alcohol related deaths world wide at sporting events. I would love to take my kids to professional or college event and not have to explain what the words mean the drunk idiot is yelling next to us!