ELI5- Why are there times that alcohol cannot be purchased?

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I live in New York State and recently our governor changed the liquor purchase time from 8a-8p to 10a-10p. You can buy beer from convenience stores at 8am-3am on Sundays like every other day but liquor is different. My question is why? Why is there a cutoff time?

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Mostly it is holdovers from religious laws.

I grew up in the state of georgia, which throughout most of my life did not allow alcohol sales on Sunday for religious reasons. They did eventually change that but they still do not allow alcohol sales before noon on sunday.

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