Why Maine bureaucrats Don’t Want Santa’s Butt To Be Sold


Main bureaucrats will not allow this beer to be sold:

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But not because it exceeds alcohol content limits or some other more appropriate reason.* Nope, aschcroft and gonzalez would be proud of them:

But the state says it’s within its rights. The label with Santa might appeal to children, said Maine State Police Lt. Patrick Fleming.

Gosh, do they really allow children to buy alcoholic beverages in Maine?
Via Pharyngula.
*Regular readers know that the Modulator staff believe that the only legitimate reason to prohibit sale of a product might be that the product contained contaminants like mercury, e coli, etc. Otherwise the state has no business interfering in economic transactions between consenting adults.