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> This theory was first put forward by economist Bruce Yandle in a 1983 article published in the American Enterprise Institute's magazine Regulation titled "Bootleggers and Baptists: The Education of a Regulatory Economist."[1] Yandle, at the time serving as executive director of the Federal Trade Commission, used the example of early 20th century Sunday closing laws restricting the sale of alcohol to illustrate his belief that "durable social regulation evolves when it is demanded by both of two distinctly different groups" - Baptists, who support a regulation for moral reasons, and bootleggers, who stand to gain economically from a regulation.[2]

* https://ballotpedia.org/Bootleggers_and_Baptists

* https://www.aei.org/articles/viewpoint-bootleggers-and-bapti...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists

* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20544240-bootleggers-and...

* https://www.ced.org/blog/entry/bootleggers-and-baptistshow-c...

"Never invite just one baptist to go fishing with you or he'll drink all your beer."

Related?

that's a question actually: during prohibition were Americans allowed wine for mass?

Yes, sacramental wine was legal. Not only that, but the production of sacramental wine is what kept some wineries from going out of business during prohibition.

Religion is all about who you DON'T recognize..... Jews don't recognize Jesus as the son of God, Protestants don't recognize the Pope, and Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.