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More on Cagle and his support for a Sunday sales referendum

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 03:42 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Y’all are great. (Relatively) early this morning, I referred to the Blog for Democracy item that reflected an interesting statement, made in a letter to constituents, by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on the Sunday sale of alcohol.

I asked for samples of the letter, and was much impressed by the speed of the response — which beat Cagle’s office by a good hour.

Here’s the official letter, in its entirety.

But this is the salient section:

“As a Georgian with strong religious beliefs, I oppose Sunday sales of alcohol for individual religious reasons. However, I recognize we live in a democracy where the wishes of the majority must be respected. For this reason, I have not opposed a referendum that will allow voters to choose whether or not to allow Sunday sales.

“While I would vote against such a change at the ballot box, I do not believe the Legislature should deny the voters of our state a chance to make this choice for themselves and their community.”