The recent Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on alcohol sales on Christmas Day is a big disappointment.

According to Florida state law, businesses are not allowed to sell alcoholic beverages on Christmas Day in observance of the religious holiday.

The reasons to oppose this ban is long, as well as logical.

How effective is Florida’s alcohol ban? Someone who is intent on purchasing booze for their holiday celebration can simply buy alcohol in advance, skirting the Christmas booze ban by slipping through a rather large loophole.

Does the state have a right to tell a business when it may offer a product to its consumers? Precedence has said yes, and perhaps this is a good precedent to continue, but again, only when it leads to an effective, pro-active resolution. It is doubtful this ban fits that category.

And finally, what about people who do not observe Christmas as a special holiday? What about someone who does not consider Christmas a holy occasion, and just wants to stop by the local liquor store and pick up a beer or a bottle of wine to share with a significant other after a long day at work? Are they not allowed to exercise their rights as a consumer in observance of a holiday that is meaningless to them?

It seems as if the support of this law is based on the assumption that Christmas is a day we all celebrate. Take a look around the nation, and you’ll see this isn’t so.