Theoretically, an individual of any age could be on private property and could be consuming or possessing alcohol. It is perfectly legal.

We would prefer our students not consume alcohol at any point - obviously that's something that's a longstanding tradition among Baptists. We recognize it is available in other places around Abilene and the right of Lawrence Bros. to conduct legal business.

I just don't believe in theme nights. The alcohol is already cheap; if we lowered prices any more, we'd be out of business.

It was just about decision-making. We discussed the fact that alcohol is an illegal thing at their age. We're trying to convince them to make better decisions.

There are more than enough legal drinking age adults out there for us to sell our alcohol to. We don't need kids drinking it frankly.

Children over 12 years of age who have fetal alcohol syndrome develop an array of devastating problems. These include mental health problems, disruptive school experiences, trouble with the law, inappropriate sexual behavior and alcohol and drug addiction.