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Info about blue laws and funny ones from around the country follows.
In SC we can buy film, but not a camera; detergent, but not a sponge. It is
illegal to change your underwear in a public restroom. It USED to be illegal
to carry a chicken in under your arm when crossing in front of the Dillon
County courthouse, but that one's off the books now. We, of course, cannot
buy alcohol on Sunday and all public bars must close at midnight Saturday
(unless they buy an expensive waiver to renewed weekly/monthly). Depending on
your county, some stores are closed on Sunday, some cannot open until 12 or
1, and some are open according to the management's wishes.
Kelly
blue laws
blue laws,
legislation regulating public and private conduct, especially laws relating
to Sabbath observance. The term was originally applied to the 17th-century
laws of the theocratic New Haven colony; they were called "blue laws after
the blue paper on which they were printed. New Haven and other Puritan
colonies of New England had rigid laws prohibiting Sabbath breaking, breaches
in family discipline, drunkenness, and excesses in dress. Although such
legislation had its origins in European <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/40700.html">Sabbatarian</A> and <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/45055.html">sumptuary laws</A>, the
term "blue laws is usually applied only to American legislation. With the
dissolution of the Puritan theocracies after the American Revolution, blue
laws declined; many of them lay forgotten in state statute books only to be
revived much later. The growth of the <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10544.html">prohibition</A> movement in the 19th cent.
and early 20th cent. brought with it other laws regulating private conduct.
Many states forbade the sale of cigarettes, and laws prohibited secular
amusements as well as all unnecessary work on Sunday; provision was made for
strict local censorship of books, plays, films and other means of instruction
and entertainment. Although much of this legislation has been softened if not
repealed, there are still many areas and communities in the United States,
especially those where religious fundamentalism is strong, that retain blue
laws. The Supreme Court has upheld Sunday closing laws ruling that such laws
do not interfere with the free exercise of religion and do not constitute the
establishment of a state religion.
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funny blue laws across the country
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In SC we can buy film, but not a camera; detergent, but not a sponge. It is
illegal to change your underwear in a public restroom. It USED to be illegal
to carry a chicken in under your arm when crossing in front of the Dillon
County courthouse, but that one's off the books now. We, of course, cannot
buy alcohol on Sunday and all public bars must close at midnight Saturday
(unless they buy an expensive waiver to renewed weekly/monthly). Depending on
your county, some stores are closed on Sunday, some cannot open until 12 or
1, and some are open according to the management's wishes.
Kelly
blue laws
blue laws,
legislation regulating public and private conduct, especially laws relating
to Sabbath observance. The term was originally applied to the 17th-century
laws of the theocratic New Haven colony; they were called "blue laws after
the blue paper on which they were printed. New Haven and other Puritan
colonies of New England had rigid laws prohibiting Sabbath breaking, breaches
in family discipline, drunkenness, and excesses in dress. Although such
legislation had its origins in European <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/40700.html">Sabbatarian</A> and <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/45055.html">sumptuary laws</A>, the
term "blue laws is usually applied only to American legislation. With the
dissolution of the Puritan theocracies after the American Revolution, blue
laws declined; many of them lay forgotten in state statute books only to be
revived much later. The growth of the <A HREF="http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10544.html">prohibition</A> movement in the 19th cent.
and early 20th cent. brought with it other laws regulating private conduct.
Many states forbade the sale of cigarettes, and laws prohibited secular
amusements as well as all unnecessary work on Sunday; provision was made for
strict local censorship of books, plays, films and other means of instruction
and entertainment. Although much of this legislation has been softened if not
repealed, there are still many areas and communities in the United States,
especially those where religious fundamentalism is strong, that retain blue
laws. The Supreme Court has upheld Sunday closing laws ruling that such laws
do not interfere with the free exercise of religion and do not constitute the
establishment of a state religion.
<A HREF="http://www.envy.nu/elmorocks/laws.html">Click here: http://www.envy.nu/elmorocks/laws.html</A>
funny blue laws across the country
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