Buying a Keg and Giving Someone the Middle Finger in Belmar Just Got Easier
FOXNews.com is reporting that the New Jersey shore town of Belmar has made it easier to tap a keg and flip someone off.
Apparently, Belmar enacted a “beer keg tagging law” last year, requiring beer kegs to have the name, address and phone number of the person renting them. The idea is that if minors are found drinking from a keg, police will be able to know who to charge with providing alcohol to minors. About a dozen other states currently require keg tagging, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
While I’m all for curtailing underage drinking, what a dumb idea. That’s more work for retailers for what probably did very little to limit underage drinking. Plus, almost forgot this part, the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control just ruled that it’s unconstitutional. Guess that would be a slight problem, eh?
So, you’ll no longer have to have your name embossed on kegs rented in Belmar and you can proudly hold your middle finger high as the law related to raising one’s middle finger in public, or the many variants thereof, has been tossed out. Believe it or not, flipping someone off is Constitutionally protected free speech.
Sounds like a win-win for beer buyers and beer drinkers who get a bit surley! Cheers to Belmar and that little thing called the Constitution!
