Question

I have noticed that every attempt to legislate morals into the people has resulted in disaster. I will call your attention to the fact that you and I remember when we had the old barroom system, the State dispensary system prohibition, and the present retail liquor shops. No system is perfect, but the worst of all was the prohibition law. Whiskey caused some trouble in Papa Noah's family and resulted in some confusion in Uncle Lot's household. But religion and morals should be taught and inculcated in the church and home, and self-control and temperance should be read and studied from the Bible rather than the Statutory Code.

–Samuel D. Mobley, 1938

What was Mobley’s opinion of the prohibition law?

He thinks it needed slight changes.
He thinks it was a disastrous move.
He thinks it had good religious grounds.
He thinks it was based on the right morals.

Answer 1

Mobley thinks it was a disastrous move.