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Indiana Indiana State Law Prohibiting the Selling of Alcohol on Sundays Separation of Church and State: The role religion plays in regard to this law Living in Chicago all my life, there was never even a thought to what Sundays would be if no alcohol could be sold by vendors. However, attending college in Indiana has made this once hypothetical situation a reality. I come from an Irish Catholic family, and it is not uncommon for my parents to head off to the liquor store after 5:15 mass and buy alcohol in order to make themselves a drink when they get home. This would not be the case if my family and I resided in the state of Indiana. Sundays are generally revered as a holy day regardless of religious denomination, and so one cannot help but wonder if religion had played a role or still does play a role in the enacting and perseverance of this “blue law.” In order to investigate this notion more thoroughly, I decided to interview someone knowledgeable in Catholic law. I interviewed Fr. Andrew Pavlak from the St. Thomas Aquinas: The Catholic Center for Students located on the Purdue University campus. indiana, sundays, alcohol, law, very, religious, protestant, fr, family, catholic, state, sleeth, role, pavlak, pastor, one, holy, day, third, said, sabbath, drinking, commandment, catholics, selling, religion, purdue, people, mind, mainstream, faithful, faith, due, denominations, conservative