Can't drink in your own back yard in Virginia?
 

Joel wrote:
> [Follow-ups redirected more appropriately.]
>
> GregK > wrote:
>> Two co-workers who live in Virginia just told me that it's against
>> the law for them to drink a beer in their own back yard. If true,
>> that's insane.
>>
>> Does anybody know if this is true?
>
> I don't know. I do know that there are dry counties in
> Texas that have similar laws or portions thereof. For example,
> I think it's illegal to drink alcohol in your front yard.
> The back is apparently OK; dunno about the side yard(s).

Huh! A friend of mine lived next to a Mormon church in Salt Lake City.
Every so often, he would put a few beers in an esky, and sit out on his
porch on a Sunday, and drink his beers while waving hello to any
church-goers he knew.

So you can swill away in full view in Mormon-central, but not in Virginia?
Crazy.

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